Keywords
PsychologyCognitive psychologyPsychoanalysisCognitive science
MeSH Terms
HumansPsychologyPsychologyExperimental
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- 1953
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 66
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 169-169
- Citations
- 40
- Access
- Closed
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Edwin G. Boring
(1953).
The Role of Theory in Experimental Psychology.
The American Journal of Psychology
, 66
(2)
, 169-169.
https://doi.org/10.2307/1418724
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- DOI
- 10.2307/1418724
- PMID
- 13040524