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Research Article

Amplitude and Width Manipulations in Fitts' Paradigm: Comment on Heath et al. (2011) and Heath et al. (2016)

Pages 686-693 | Received 14 Aug 2016, Accepted 18 Oct 2016, Published online: 31 Jan 2017

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