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Shared and/or seperate representations of animate/inanimate categories: an ERP study

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Shared and/or seperate representations of animate/inanimate categories: an ERP study. / Kovic, Vanja; Plunkett, Kim; Westermann, Gert.
In: Psihologija, Vol. 42, No. 1, 2009, p. 5-26.

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Kovic, V, Plunkett, K & Westermann, G 2009, 'Shared and/or seperate representations of animate/inanimate categories: an ERP study', Psihologija, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 5-26. https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI0901005K

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Kovic, V., Plunkett, K., & Westermann, G. (2009). Shared and/or seperate representations of animate/inanimate categories: an ERP study. Psihologija, 42(1), 5-26. https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI0901005K

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Kovic V, Plunkett K, Westermann G. Shared and/or seperate representations of animate/inanimate categories: an ERP study. Psihologija. 2009;42(1):5-26. doi: 10.2298/PSI0901005K

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Kovic, Vanja ; Plunkett, Kim ; Westermann, Gert. / Shared and/or seperate representations of animate/inanimate categories : an ERP study. In: Psihologija. 2009 ; Vol. 42, No. 1. pp. 5-26.

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