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Title: Processing bias: extending sensory drive to include efficacy and efficiency in information processing
Award ID(s):
1708543
PAR ID:
10092052
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Volume:
286
Issue:
1900
ISSN:
0962-8452
Page Range / eLocation ID:
20190165
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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