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Magnetoencephalographic (MEG) evidence for automatic activation of the human motor cortex by visual stimuli

✍ Scribed by S.J. Anderson; G.R. Barnes; N. Swift; N. Yamagishi

Book ID: 119585800
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Weight: 71 KB
Volume: 13
Category: Article
ISSN: 1053-8119
DOI: 10.1016/s1053-8119(01)92199-8

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