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Perspectives by consequences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Duane M. Rumbaugh
Duane M. Rumbaugh
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Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Ga. 30303 and Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. 30322
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , December 1984 , pp. 496 - 497
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