Cortex
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 800-801 , June 2010

Of rats and men: A reply to Skottun

  • Monica Dhar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Ghent University, Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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  • Pieter H. Been

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dutch, Faculty of Arts, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Ruud B. Minderaa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Monika Althaus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

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doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2010.02.001

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