Auditory perception: Does practice make perfect?

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages

  King, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033602145     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80084-0     Document Type: Article

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