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[The spatial organization of the cortical potentials in exposure to different forms of photic stimuli]

I N Knipst, I V Korinevskaia

    Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deiatelnosti Imeni I P Pavlova
    |September 1, 1991
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