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Neuropsychoanalysis
An Interdisciplinary Journal for Psychoanalysis and the Neurosciences
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Extending the theory of premature automatization: The fantasy as an abstract rule in hierarchical cognitive control

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Pages 27-42 | Received 30 Jul 2022, Accepted 15 Jan 2023, Published online: 29 Mar 2023

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