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Patterns of responsiveness in chimpanzees reared through infancy under conditions of environmental restriction

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Menzel, E.W. Patterns of responsiveness in chimpanzees reared through infancy under conditions of environmental restriction. Psychol. Forsch. 27, 337–365 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00421336

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