Hearing Cheats Touch, but Less in Congenitally Blind Than in Sighted Individuals

Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 60-64

  Hötting, Kirsten ^a   Röder, Brigitte ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 1442278356     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2004.01501010.x     Document Type: Article

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