Valid comparisons of suprathreshold sensations

Journal of Consciousness Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 96-112

  Snyder, Derek J ^a   Fast, Katharine ^a   Bartoshuk, Linda M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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