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Speculations on the adaptive significance of cognition and consciousness in nonhuman species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Joan S. Lockard
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychology & Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. 98195

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Open Peer Commentary
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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