The neurobiological basis of seeing words

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

• Publication date

  2011-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05954.xPMID 21486296PMCID PMC3077883
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