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Opportunity prioritization, biofunctional simultaneity, and psychological mutual exclusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 December 2013

Asghar Iran-Nejad  and
Sally Ann Zengaro
Asghar Iran-Nejad
Affiliation:
Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methodology, and Counseling, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487. airannej@bamaed.ua.edu
Sally Ann Zengaro
Affiliation:
Counselor Education and Psychology, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS 38732. szengaro@deltastate.edu
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Abstract

We argue that prioritization, simultaneity, and mutual exclusion are mind-body integration functions that can't be addressed meaningfully at the psychological (computational) level alone. We describe the outlook for an integration between Kurzban et al.'s profound discussion of opportunity cost/benefit prioritization and decades of related development in biofunctional science.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 6 , December 2013 , pp. 696 - 697
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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