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Crassini, B., Broerse, J. & O’Shea, R.P. Is the “contour specificity” of McCollough effects an example of anomalous transfer? Comments on Sharpe and Tees (1978). Perception & Psychophysics 25, 238–240 (1979). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03202994
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