Adaptation to sensory loss

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 308-328

  Voss, Patrice ^a   Collignon, Olivier ^a,b   Lassonde, Maryse ^a,c   Lepore, Franco ^a,c  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

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EID: 79957599756     PISSN: 19395078     EISSN: 19395086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcs.13     Document Type: Article

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