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The phenomenological similarity between the behavior or other signs exhibited in an animal model and the specific symptoms of the human condition. This is an intuitively appealing and important criterion, but it can also be misleading because of its subjective nature; similar signs and symptoms may be engendered by different underlying mechanisms.
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Tzschentke, T.M. (2010). Face Validity. In: Stolerman, I.P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Psychopharmacology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68706-1_1128
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