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Bernard Z. Karmel, Robert F. Hoffmann, Martin J. Fegy, Processing of Contour Information by Human Infants Evidenced by Pattern-Dependent Evoked Potentials, Child Development, Vol. 45, No. 1 (Mar., 1974), pp. 39-48
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