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. 1964 Dec;175(3):445–463. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1964.sp007526

Contrast discrimination by neurones in the cat's visual cerebral cortex

B D Burns, R Pritchard
PMCID: PMC1357146  PMID: 14241842

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