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Is a unified psychophysical law realistic?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Jüri Allik
Jüri Allik
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Department of Psychology, Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia 202400, U.S.S.R.
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , June 1989 , pp. 267 - 268
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