1973
1976
1991
April 17, 2020
Personal
Date of Birth: March 3, 1949
Place of Birth: Tallinn, Estonia
Marital Status: Married, two children
Citizenship: Estonia
Home Address: Lemmatsi 7-3
Tartu, Estonia 50410
Tel: +372-7-474614
+372-51-84277
University Address:
Department of Psychology
University of Tartu
Tiigi 78
Tartu, Estonia 50410
Tel: +372-7-465901 (Dean’s office)
+372-7-465905 (private office)
Fax +372-7-465900
E-mail: jyri@psych.ut.ee
Education
Dipl. Psychol., University of Tartu
Candidate of Science (Ph.D.), Psychology, University of Moscow
Ph.D. (psychology), University of Tampere, Finland
1996-
1993-1995
1992-
1991-1992
1989-1992
1985-1989
Employment
Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tartu
Head, Department of Psychology, University of Tartu
Professor of Psychophysics, University of Tartu
Senior Assistant, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
Research Professor, Laboratory of Psychometry and Psychophysics, University of
Tartu
Senior Research Fellow, Laboratory of Biophysics, University of Tartu

1975-1978
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Senior Research Fellow, Department of Psychology University of Tartu
1982
1992
1992
1997
1998
Recognitions
Scientific Rank of Docent, University of Tartu
Docent of Cognitive Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Award of the Tampere University Foundation
Foreign Member, Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
Estonian National Science Award, Social Sciences category
Professional Activities
Editorial Board, Acta Psychologica (Published by the Elsevier Science B.V.) (1995- )
Editorial Board, Trames (1995- )
Member, Council of the Estonian Science Foundation, Chairman of the Panel of Social Sciences,
(1993-1996)
Board of Directors, Union of Estonian Psychologists (1988- )
Vice-President, Union of Estonian Psychologists (1994- )
President, Union of Estonian Psychologists (1988-1994)
Tutor, Summer School on Visual Perception (European Society of Cognitive Psychology),
Stockholm, 1989.
Visiting Research Fellow, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland, October-December, 1990.
Visiting Research Fellow, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, January-March,
1991.
Lecturer, Winter School on Perception of Structure, Nijmegen Institute for Cognition and
Information, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, February, 1993
Visiting Research Fellow, Brandeis University, Massachusetts, USA, February-March, 1995.
Winer Memorial Guest Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Purdue University, West Lafayette,
Indiana, April-May, 1999.

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Publications in English:
Bachmann, T., & Allik, J. Integration and interruption in the masking of form by form. Perception,
1976, 5, 79-97.
Allik, J., Tepp, M., & Livshits, A. Detection of temporal phase by directionally sensitive units in the human visual system. Acta et commentationes universitatis Tartuensis, 1977, 429, 107-120.
Allik, J., & Tepp, M. Spontaneous movement perception: Precision of the temporal discrimination depends on spatial separation. Acta et commentationes universitatis Tartuensis, 1978, 472, 75-
89.
Kushpil', V.I., Allik, J., Alekseev, Yu.V., Veselova, E.K., Petrova, L.F., & Smirnov, V.P.
Regularities of visual search in complex field. Acta et commentationes universitatis Tartuensis,
1978, 474, 101-116.
Tepp, M., & Allik, J., Temporal order recognition of various luminance waveforms . Acta et
commentationes universitatis Tartuensis, 1980, 522, 127-142.
Tereping, A-R., & Allik, J. Interaural phase sensitivity to signals with different spectral composition. Acta et commentationes universitatis Tartuensis, 1980, 522, 164-169.
Allik, J., & Valsiner, J. Visual development in ontogenesis: Some reevaluations. In: H.W.Reese and
L.P.Lippsitt (Eds.) Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Vol.15, New York:
Academic Press, 1980
Allik, J., & Tepp, M. The perception of apparent movement . Acta et commentationes universitatis
Tartuensis, 1981, 569, 88-104.
Allik, J., Rauk, M., & Luuk, A. Control and sense of eye movement behind closed eyelids.
Perception, 1981, 39-51.
Valsiner, J., & Allik, J. General semiotic capability of the higher primates. In: M.R.Key (Ed.)
Nonverbal Communication Today: Current Research.
The Hague: Mouton, 1982.
Allik, J., Dzhafarov, E., & Rauk, M. Position discrimination may be better than detection . Vision
Research, 1982, 22, 1079-1081.
Allik, J, & Bachmann, T. How bad is icon? Behavioral and Brain Sciences , 1983, 6, 12-13.
Allik, J., & Dzhafarov, E.N. Reaction time to motion onset: local dispersion model analysis. Vision
Research , 1984, 24, 99-101.
Allik, J., & Dzhafarov, E.N. Motion direction identification in random cinematograms: A general model. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance , 1984, 10,
378-393.
Allik, J., Mihkla, M., & Ross, J. Comment on "Measurement of pitch in speech: An implementation of Goldstein's theory of pitch perception" /J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 71, 1568
(1982 )/. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1984, 75, 1855-1857.

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Dzhafarov, E.N., & Allik, J. A general theory of visual motion detection. In: M.Rauk (Ed.)
Computational Models in Hearing and Vision , Estonian Academy of Sciences, Tallinn, 1984,
77-84.
Dzhafarov, E.N., Allik, J., & Kapustin, V. Length contraction in motion: The structure of seen space-time. In: M.Rauk (Ed.) Computational Models in Hearing and Vision , Estonian
Academy of Sciences, Tallinn, 1984, 85-90.
Allik, J., Dzhafarov, E.N., & Ross, J. The identification of melody direction in random chord sequences. In: M.Rauk (Ed.) Computational Models in Hearing and Vision , Estonian Academy of Sciences, Tallinn, 1984, 5-9.
Tuulmets, T., & Allik, J. Spatiotemporal interpolation in the discrimination of visual number. In:
M.Rauk (Ed.) Computational Models in Hearing and Vision , Estonian Academy of Sciences,
Tallin, 1984, 133-137.
Allik, J., & Help, T. /Comment on S.T.Parker "A social-technological model for the evolution of language"/ Current Anthropology , 1985, 26, 626.
Allik, J., Mihkla, M., & Ross, J. An improvement upon a perception-based pitch extraction technique. In: A.Eek (Ed.) Estonian Papers in Phonetics.
Tallinn: Estonian Academy of
Sciences, 1985, 104-112.
Allik, J., & Laak, T. The head is smaller than the body: But how does it join on? In: N.H. Freeman
& M.V. Cox (Eds.) Visual Order. Nature and Development of Pictorial Representation.
Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1985, 266-286.
Allik, J., Help, T., & Pakk, H. Psycholinguistic evidence for linguemes: The Estonian rective.
Symposium on Language Universals . Estonian Academy of Sciences, Tallinn, 1987, 8-13.
Luuk, A., & Allik, J. Identification of shapes as a function of superimposed dynamic noise rate.
Perception , 1987, 16, 238
Allik, J., & Tuulmets, T. A general model for visual number discrimination. Perception , 1987, 16,
238.
Allik, J., & Pulver, A. Extraction of motion direction from linear random kinematograms.
Perception , 1987, 16, 233.
Vos, P.G., van Oeffelen, M.P., Tibosch, H.J., & Allik, J. Interactions between area and numerosity.
Psychological Research , 1988, 50, 148-154.
Allik, J. Is a unified psychophysical law realistic? Behavioral and Brain Sciences , 1989, 12, 267-
268.
Allik, J., Dzhafarov, E.N., Houtsma, A.J.M., Ross, J., & Versfeld, N.J. Pitch motion with random chord sequence. Perception and Psychophysics , 1989, 46, 513-527.
Allik, J. Motion fusion. Perception , 1990, 19, 384.
Allik, J., Tuulmets, T. The perception of visual numerosity. In: Vision and Visual Dysfunctions,
Vol.14. Pattern Recognition by Man and Machine . (Ed. R.Watt) Macmillan: London, 1991.
Allik, J., Tuulmets, T. Occupancy model of perceived numerosity. Perception and Psychophysics ,
1991, 49, 303-314.

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Allik, J., Tuulmets, T., Vos, P.G. Size invariance in the discrimination of numerosity .
Psychological Research, 1991, 53, 290-295.
Allik, J., Helsper, E. & Vos, P. Numerosity in textures with different spatial distribution of elements. Perception , 1991, 20, 87.
Allik, J. Aboutness of secondary qualities. In: M.Kõiv (Ed.)
Jahrbuch der Estnischen Goethe-
Gesellschaft . Eesti Goethe-Selts: Tartu, 1991.
Allik, J. Perception of visual kinematics . ( Acta Universitatis Tamperensis , ser A, Vol. 324).
Tampere, 1991.
Allik, J. Competing motion paths in sequence of random dot patterns. Vision Research , 1992, 32,
157-165.
Allik, J. Psychology in Estonia. News from EFPPA , 1992, 6 (3), 7-10.
Allik, J. Resolving ambiguities in orientation, motion and depth domains.
Perception , 1992, 21,
731-747.
Smirnov, V.P., Alekseev, Yu.V., Allik, Yu.K., Luuk, A.G., Petrova, L.F., & Pulver, A.V.
Efficiency of combining images from different channels in the recognition of objects. Soviet
Journal of Optical Technology , 1992, 59 (2), 80-82.
Allik, J. Tuulmets, T. Perceived numerosity of spatio-temporal events . Perception and
Psychophysics, 1993, 53, 450-459.
Allik, J. Motion perception as a special case of contrast detection. Perception , 1993, 22
(supplement), 17.
Dzhafarov, E.N., Sekuler, R., Allik, J. Detection of changes in speed and direction of motion:
Reaction time analysis. Perception and Psychophysics , 1993, 54, 733-750.
Allik, J., Pulver, A. Timing of visual events for motion discrimination. Vision Research , 1994, 34,
1585-1594.
Allik, J. Is there any difference between attribute and object based psychophysics? Behavioral and
Brain Sciences , 1994, 17, 757-759.
Allik, J., Pulver, A. Contrast response of elementary motion encoders. Perception , 1994, 23, 26-27.
Allik, J., Pulver, A. Magnitude of luminance modulation specifies amplitude of perceived movement. Perception and Psychophysics , 1995, 57, 27-34.
Pulver, A., Allik, J., Pulkkinen, L., Hämäläinen, M. A Big Five personality inventory in two non-
Indo-European languages. European Journal of Personality , 1995, 9, 109-124.
Allik, J., Pulver, A. Contrast response of movement encoding system . Journal of the Optical
Society of America , 1995, 12A, 1185-1197.
Allik, J. Book review [Schwartz, R. (1994). Vision. Variations on some Berkeleian themes . Oxford:
Blackwell]. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology , 1995, 331-333.
Allik, J., Realo, A. Hierarchical nature of individualism-collectivism. Culture and Psychology ,
1996, 2, 111-119.
Allik, J. & Realo, A. On the relationship between personality and totalitarian regime: A critique of
Western stereotypes. Journal of Baltic Studies , 1996, 12, 331-335.

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Allik, J. Book review [Crick, F. (1995). The astonishing hypothesis: The scientific search for the soul . London: Touchstone Books] European Journal of Cognitive Psychology , 1997, 9, 349-
352.
Realo, A., Allik, J., & Vadi, M. The hierarchical structure of collectivism. Journal of Research in
Personality , 1997, 31, 93-116.
Näätänen, R., Lehtokoski, A., Lennes, M., Cheour, M., Huotilainen, M., Iivonen, A., Vainio, M.,
Alku, P., Luuk, A., Allik, J., Sinkkonen, J., & Alho, K. Language-specific phoneme representation revealed by electric and magnetic brain responses. Nature , 1997, 385, 432-434.
Allik, J. & Realo, A. Emotional experience and its relation to the Five-Factor Model in Estonian.
Journal of Personality , 1997, 65, 625-647.
Allik, J. & Realo, A. Intelligence, academic abilities, and personality. Personality and Individual
Differences , 1997, 23, 809-814.
Allik, J. & Realo, A. Psychological and cultural mechanisms of suicide. Trames , 1997, 1, 306-321.
Allik, J. & Kreegipuu, K. Multiple visual latency. Psychological Science , 1998, 9, 135-138.
Realo, A. & Allik, J. The Self-Consciousness Scale and its relation to the Five-Factor Model of personality. Journal of Personality Assessment , 1998, 70, 109-124.
Allik, J. Thoughts about the quality of social sciences in Estonia. Trames , 1998, 2, 91-107.
Cheour, M.,
 eponiene, R., Lehtokoski, A., Luuk, A., Allik, J., Alho, K., & Näätänen, R. (1998).
Development of language-specific phoneme representation in the infant brains. Nature
Neuroscience, 1 (5), 351-353.
Allik, J. & Drechsler, W. German holism revisited: really? A review of Anne Harrington’s
‘Reenchanted science. Holism in German culture from Wilhelm II to Hitler’. Culture and
Psychology , 1999, 5 (2), 239-247.
Realo, A. & Allik, J. A cross-cultural study of collectivism: A comparison of American, Estonian, and Russian students. Journal of Social Psychology , 1999, 139, 133-142.
Allik, J., Must, O., & Lynn, R. Sex differences in general intelligence among university students:
Some results from Estonia. Personality and Individual Differences, 1999, 26, 1137-1141
Podar, I., Hannus, A., & Allik, J. Personality and affectivity characteristics associated with eating disorders: A comparison of eating disordered, weight-preoccupied, and normal samples. Journal of Personality Assessment , 1999, 73 (1), 133-147.
Toomela, A. & Allik, J. Components of verbal working memory. Behavioral and Brain Sciences ,
1999, 22 (1), 110-111.
Costa, P. T., Jr., McCrae, R. R., Martin, T. A., Oryol, V. E., Senin, I. G., Rukavishnikov, A. A.,
Shimonaka, Y., Nakazato, K., Gondo, Y.,Takayama, M., Allik, J., Kallasmaa, T., & Realo, A.
(in press). Personality development from adolescence through adulthood: Further cross-cultural comparisons of age differences. In V. J. Molfese & D. Molfese (Eds.), Temperament and personality development across the life span . Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. (in press).

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Allik, J. Available and accessible information in memory and vision.
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E. Tulving (Ed.), Memory,
Consciousness, and the Brain: The Tallinn Conference . Philadelphia: Psychology Press, 1999
(in press).
Pullmann, H. & Allik, J. The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale: its dimensionality, stability, and personality correlates in Estonian.
Personality and Individual Differences, 1999 (in press).
Allik, J. Perceiving enmattered form. Trames , 1999, 3 (53/48), 81-98.
Publications in Russian:
Allik, J. On the existence of detectors and their interrelations in human visual perception . Acta et
commentationes universitatis Tartuensis, 1974, 335, 128-169.
Allik, J., & Tepp, M. Different channels of spatial frequency sensitive to lightness and darkness .
Acta et commentationes universitatis Tartuensis, 1976, 395, 36-41.
Allik, J., Luuk, A., & Huik,J. Selective suppression of positive phase of after-image by the voluntary saccadic eye movements. Acta et commentationes universitatis Tartuensis, 1977,
424, 36-46.
Huik, J., & Allik,J. The influence of redundant stimuli upon refractory period of human saccadic eye movements. Acta et commentationes universitatis Tartuensis, 1977, 424, 88-98.
Luuk, A., Luuk, K., Huik, J., & Allik,J. New data on ergonomic aspects of analogue and digital displays. Acta et commentationes universitatis Tartuensis, 1977, 424, 99-125.
Laurutis, V., Krisciunas, K., Luuk, A., Huik, J., & Allik, J. Further development of the electromagnetic eye movement recording method. Acta et commentationes universitatis
Tartuensis, 1977, 429, 34-51.
Luuk, J., Allik, J., Schotter, L., & Kushpil',V.I. Contact ring for the registration of eye-ball turnings.
Fisiologia cheloveka /Human Physiology/, 1980, 6 175-177.
Dzhafarov, E.N., & Allik, J. Multi-featural organizations of psychophysical judgements. In: A.D.
Kashin (Ed.) Problems of Psychophysics and Differential Psychophysiology.
Kazan University
Press: Kazan, 1981.
Allik, J., Luuk, A., & Miil, M. Automatization of psychological experiment. Avtometria
/Autometry/, 1981, 4, 104-111.
Dzhafarov, E.N., Allik, J., Linde, N.D., & Pyastolov, V.K. Comparison of frequency-amplitude curves for real and stroboscopic motion. Psikhologicheskiy Zhurnal /Journal of Psychology/
1981, 2, 73-78.
Dzhafarov, E.N., & Allik, J. Selective visual adaptation and model of feature. In: Yu.M. Zabrodin
(Ed.) Psychophysical Studies of Perception and Memory.
Nauka: Moscow, 1981.
Kushpil', V.I., Luuk, A., Allik, J., Smirnov, V.P. Device for the measurement of eye axis movement. Soviet Patent No. 814332 (Published: Bulletin No. 11, 23.03.1981).
Allik, J., & Tulviste, P. Psychology in the University of Tartu: History and current state. Voprosy
Psikhologii /Problems of Psychology/ 1982, 6, 129-133.

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Dzhafarov, E.N., Allik, J., & Linde, N.D. Oscillating motion detection. Voprosy Psikhologii
/Problems of Psychology/ 1983, 4, 90-96.
Allik, J., & Berezin, N.P. On applicability of Fourier-model of visual perception. Trudy GOI
/Proceedings of the State Optical Institute/, 1984, 57, 191/3, 29-36.
Alekseev, Yu.V., & Allik, J. Visual perception of textures. Trudy GOI /Proceedings of the State
Optical Institute/, 1984, 57, 191/3, 55-65.
Allik, J. The structure of perceptual estimation. Acta et commentationes universitatis Tartuensis ,
1985, 722, 3-22.
Allik, J., & Tuulmets, T. Discrimination of the number of visual events . Acta et commentationes universitatis Tartuensis , 1986, 753, 3-17.
Pulver, A., & Allik, J. Motion direction identification in random linear cinematograms. Acta et commentationes universitatis Tartuensis , 1986, 753, 3-17.
Publications in Estonian and Finnish
Allik, J. Kunst ja psühholoogia /Art and psychology/. Looming , 1970, 9, 1391-1403.
Allik, J., & Valsiner, J. Närvisüsteemi plastilisusest /Plasticity of nervous system/.
Eesti Loodus ,
1975, 6, 506-510.
Allik, J.
Nägemissüsteemi mikrostruktuur
/Microstructure of visual system/. University of Tartu:
Tartu, 1975, 143 p.
Laagus, A., & Allik, J. Küps ja toores Eesti rahvausundis /Cooked and raw in Estonian folk-belief system/. Acta et commentationes universitatis Tartuensis , 1977, 420, 21-39.
Allik, J. & Luuk, A.
Nägemispsühholoogia
/Psychology of vision/. Valgus: Tallinn, 1981, 135 p.
Allik, J. Metafoorist psühholoogi pilguga /Metaphor from a psychologist’s point of view/.
Looming , 1981, 1, 102-113.
Allik, J. Eneseteadvus loomadel ja inimesel /Self-awareness in animals and man/. Eesti Loodus ,
1982, 1, 24-29.
Allik, J. Värvitaju, värvinimetused ja värvisümboolika /Color perception, names and symbols/.
Looming , 1982, 3, 378-384.
Allik, J. Unenäost psühholoogi pilguga /Dream from a psychologist’s point of view/. Looming ,
1983, 5, 659-668.
Allik, J. Bioloogilise liikumise tajumine /Perception of biological motion/. Eesti Loodus , 1984, 9,
606-613.
Allik, J. Teoreetilise lingvistika paradigma nihkest /About paradigmatical shift in theoretical linguistics/. Keel ja Kirjandus , 1884, 4, 201-209.
Allik, J. Goethe, Hering ja Land: väljakutse establishmendile /Goethe, Hering and Land: a challenge to the Establishment/. Akadeemia , 1989, 1, 473-492.
Allik, J. Mis meeletu püüdlus: isikslik vaade Francis Crickile /What mad pursuit: A personal view of Francis Crick/. Akadeemia , 1990, 2, 2363-2440.

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Allik, J. Virolaisen psykologian kohtaloita /Fate of psychology in Estonia/. Psykologia , 1991, 26,
504-507.
Allik, J. Intsest ja selle tõlgendused /Incest and its interpretations/. Akadeemia , 1993, 1893-1915.
Allik, J. Saateks /Introduction/. E.Tulving, Mälu /Memory/. Kupar: Tallinn, 1994, 5-14.
Hämäläinen, M., Pulkkinen, L., Allik, J., Pulver, A. NESTA-persoonallisuustestin (NEO-PI) standardointi 'Viiden Suurden' persoonallisuuden piirten arvioimiseksi /Standardization of
NESTA personality inventory (NEO-PI) for assessment of "The Big Five" personality traits /.
Reports from the Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä , 1994, No. 327, 34 p.
Allik, J. Inimeseks saamine /Becoming human/. J.Blomstedt, M.Lõhmus & E.Tarasti (Eds.)
Ajalaval: kangelane ja väärtused
. Kullervo-Synteesi: Tartu-Helsinki, 1995, pp. 17-35. (Also in
Finnish: Allik, J. Ihmiseksi tulemisesta. J.Blomstedt, M.Lõhmus & E.Tarasti (Eds.) Ajan arvot
& sankarit . Kullervo-Synteesi: Tartu-Helsinki, 1995, pp. 17-36).
Allik, J. Eesti keele emotsioone väljendava sõnavara tähendus /The meaning of the emotional vocabulary in Estonian/. Keel ja Kirjandus , 1996, 39 (1-2), 6-18, 92-99.
Allik, J. Hämmastav hüpotees teadvuse kohta /The Astonishing Hypothesis about consciousness/.
Akadeemia , 1996, 8 (9), 1853-1870.
Allik, J. (Ed.)
Ülevaade psühholoogiast
/Review of psychology. Undergraduate program in psychology./ Tartu: Tartu University Press, 1996, 74 p.
Allik, J. Mida vaimueliit ei taha endale tunnistada? /What the intellectual elite is not willing to recognize?/ Vikerkaar , 1997, 4-5, 89-96.
Allik, J.
Psühholoogia lihtsusest
. /About simplicity of psychology/. Tartu: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus,
1997, 248. p.
Allik, J. Psühholoogia lihtsusest: liikumistajust isiksuse omadusteni ja mälupesadeni ajus. /About simplicity of psychology: from motion perception to personality traits and memory engrams/
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J.Engelbrecht (Toim.) Eesti Vabariigi teaduspreemiad 1998 (lk. 62-69). Tallinn: Eesti Teaduste
Akadeemia, 1998.
Allik, J. Freudi müüdi purunemine. /Breaking the Freud myth/.
Horisont , 1998, 2, 16-19.
Allik, J. Psühholoogia, parapsühholoogia, ebapsühholoogia. /Psychology, parapsychology, and pseudopsychology/ — J. Kangilaski & E. Kasak (Toim).
Arutlus teadusest ja tõest
. (lk 48-54).
Võro: Võro Instituut, 1998.
Allik, J. Sigmund Freudi elu ja töö. /Life and work of Sigmund Freud/. 
Sigmund Freud inimhinge anatoomiast (lk. 173-398). Tartu: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus, 1999.
Allik, J. Ülevaade mälu uurimisest psühholoogias. /Review of memory studies in psychology/. 
I.Puura (Toim.) Biosüsteemide mälu teooria. Schola biotheoretica XXV.
(lk. 8-12). Tartu:
Sulemees, 1999.