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Jeffrey M Haddad1, Shirley Rietdyk, Joong Hyun Ryu

  • 1Department of Health and Kinesiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2046, USA. jmhaddad@purdue.edu

Journal of Motor Behavior
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