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Tactile-spatial and cross-modal attention effects in the second somatosensory and 7b cortical areas of rhesus monkeys

H. BURTON Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
,
R.J. SINCLAIR
,
S.-Y. HONG
&
K.C. J.R. PRUETT, Jr and WHANG
Pages 237-267 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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