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. 1967 Jun;30(2):329–340. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1967.tb02139.x

Auditory flutter fusion as a measure of the actions of centrally acting drugs: modification of the threshold for fusion and the influence of adapting stimuli.

G M Besser
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