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Commentary onVelmansMax (1991) Is human information processing conscious?BBS 14:651–726.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

David Navon
David Navon
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Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Haifa 31999, Israel Electronic mail: rsps311@haifauvm.bitnet
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , June 1993 , pp. 405 - 406
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