Classical delay eyeblink conditioning in 4- and 5-month-old human infants

Psychological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 4-8

  Ivkovich, Dragana ^a   Collins, Kimberly L ^b   Eckerman, Carol O ^b   Krasnegor, Norman A ^b   Stanton, Mark E ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0040609451     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00097     Document Type: Article

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