Gestalt issues in modern neuroscience

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Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 433-458

  Ehrenstein, Walter H ^a   Spillmann, Lothar ^a   Sarris, Viktor ^a  

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EID: 16244401741     PISSN: 11221151     EISSN: 15728390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:axio.0000007203.44686.aa     Document Type: Review

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