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31 - Visualizing Scientific Data

from General Methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2017

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Elena A. Allen  and
Erik Barry Erhardt
Edited by
John T. Cacioppo ,
Louis G. Tassinary  and
Gary G. Berntson
John T. Cacioppo
Affiliation:
University of Chicago
Louis G. Tassinary
Affiliation:
Texas A & M University
Gary G. Berntson
Affiliation:
Ohio State University
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Handbook of Psychophysiology , pp. 679 - 697
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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