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An eye-tracking study of animate objects. / Kovic, Vanja; Plunkett, Kim; Westermann, Gert.
In: Psihologija, Vol. 42, No. 3, 2009, p. 307-327.

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Kovic, V, Plunkett, K & Westermann, G 2009, 'An eye-tracking study of animate objects', Psihologija, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 307-327. https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI0903307K

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Kovic, V., Plunkett, K., & Westermann, G. (2009). An eye-tracking study of animate objects. Psihologija, 42(3), 307-327. https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI0903307K

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Kovic V, Plunkett K, Westermann G. An eye-tracking study of animate objects. Psihologija. 2009;42(3):307-327. doi: 10.2298/PSI0903307K

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Kovic, Vanja ; Plunkett, Kim ; Westermann, Gert. / An eye-tracking study of animate objects. In: Psihologija. 2009 ; Vol. 42, No. 3. pp. 307-327.

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