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Contingent Negative Variation : An Electric Sign of Sensori-Motor Association and Expectancy in the Human Brain

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    W. GREY WALTER,  R. COOPER, V. J. ALDRIDGE, W. C. McCALLUM & A. L. WINTER

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WALTER, W., COOPER, R., ALDRIDGE, V. et al. Contingent Negative Variation : An Electric Sign of Sensori-Motor Association and Expectancy in the Human Brain. Nature 203, 380–384 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203380a0

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