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Mistakes in Thinking about Cognitive Science and How to Reduce Them

P. N. Johnson-Laird
eNeuro 4 October 2024, 11 (10) ENEURO.0380-24.2024; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0380-24.2024
P. N. Johnson-Laird
1Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
2Visiting Scholar, Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, New York 10003
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https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0380-24.2024
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39366756
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  • Received August 30, 2024
  • Accepted September 2, 2024
  • Published online October 4, 2024.
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Copyright © 2024 Johnson-Laird This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.

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  1. P. N. Johnson-Laird1,2
  1. 1Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
  2. 2Visiting Scholar, Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, New York 10003
  1. Correspondence should be addressed to P. N. Johnson-Laird at phil{at}princeton.edu.
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