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The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B
Comparative and Physiological Psychology
Volume 50, 1997 - Issue 1
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Original Articles

Massed trial Overtraining Effects on Extinction and Reversal Performance in Turtles (Geoclemys reevesii)

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