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The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B
Comparative and Physiological Psychology
Volume 37, 1985 - Issue 3
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Effects of collicular lesions in the hamster during visual discrimination. An analysis from computer-video actograms

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Pages 213-233 | Received 08 Jan 1985, Published online: 13 Jun 2007

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