The effects of lead stimulus and reflex stimulus modality on modulation of the blink re flex at very short, short, and long lead intervals

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 141-151

  Neumann, David L ^a   Lipp, Ottmar V ^b   Pretorius, Natalie R ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 2142655933     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194868     Document Type: Article

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