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The Journal of Psychology
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Volume 113, 1983 - Issue 1
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Luck and Learning: Feedback Contingencies and Initial Success in Verbal Discrimination Learning

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Pages 53-59 | Received 08 Nov 1982, Published online: 02 Jul 2010

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