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The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B
Comparative and Physiological Psychology
Volume 33, 1981 - Issue 2
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Are rats short-sighted? Effects of stimulus distance and size on visual detection

Pages 69-76 | Received 08 Aug 1980, Published online: 29 May 2007

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