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The adaptive nature of the human neurocognitive architecture: An alternative model

Peggy La Cerra and Roger Bingham
  1. *1333 Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; and †Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125

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PNAS September 15, 1998 95 (19) 11290-11294; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.95.19.11290
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  1. Communicated by George C. Williams, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY (received for review March 18, 1998)

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vol. 95 no. 19 11290-11294
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.95.19.11290
PubMed: 
9736729

Published By: 
National Academy of Sciences
Print ISSN: 
0027-8424
Online ISSN: 
1091-6490
History: 
  • Received March 18, 1998
  • Accepted July 9, 1998
  • Published September 15, 1998.

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Copyright © 1998, The National Academy of Sciences

Author Information

  1. Peggy La Cerra* and
  2. Roger Bingham†‡
  1. *1333 Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; and †Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
  1. Communicated by George C. Williams, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY (received for review March 18, 1998)

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    • ↵‡ To whom reprint requests should be addressed at: Division of Biology 216-76, Pasadena, CA 91125. e-mail: bingham{at}bbb.caltech.edu.

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