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A reply to Galizio’s “the abstracted operant: A review of relational frame theory: A post-skinnerian account of human language and cognition”

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  1. Department of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland

    Dermot Barnes-Holmes

  2. Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, 89557-0062, USA

    Steven C. Hayes

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Barnes-Holmes, D., Hayes, S.C. A reply to Galizio’s “the abstracted operant: A review of relational frame theory: A post-skinnerian account of human language and cognition”. BEHAV ANALYST 26, 305–310 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392084

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