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Latent inhibition: interpretation of amphetamine effects in novel paradigms

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Joseph, M.H. Latent inhibition: interpretation of amphetamine effects in novel paradigms. Psychopharmacology 118, 101–103 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02245255

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