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Baseline Pupil Size Seems Unrelated to Fluid Intelligence, Working Memory Capacity, and Attentional Control Cover

Baseline Pupil Size Seems Unrelated to Fluid Intelligence, Working Memory Capacity, and Attentional Control

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|May 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.365 | Journal eISSN: 2514-4820
Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 6, 2023
Accepted on: Apr 22, 2024
Published on: May 10, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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