The Mystery of the Vanished Citations: James McConnell's Forgotten 1960s Quest for Planarian Learning, a Biochemical Engram, and Celebrity

American Psychologist

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 589-598

  Rilling, Mark ^a,b,c,d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Michigan's Mental Hlth Res Inst

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EID: 1542534959     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.51.6.589     Document Type: Article

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