Note on information transfer rates in human communication

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 509-518

  Reed, Charlotte M ^a   Durlach, Nathaniel I ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0040757915     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/105474698565893     Document Type: Article

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