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Cerebellar contributions to verbal working memory. / Tomlinson, Simon P.; Davis, Nick J.; Morgan, Helen M. et al.
In: The Cerebellum, Vol. 13, No. 3, 06.2014, p. 354-361.

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Tomlinson, SP, Davis, NJ, Morgan, HM & Bracewell, RM 2014, 'Cerebellar contributions to verbal working memory', The Cerebellum, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 354-361. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12311-013-0542-3

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Tomlinson, S. P., Davis, N. J., Morgan, H. M., & Bracewell, R. M. (2014). Cerebellar contributions to verbal working memory. The Cerebellum, 13(3), 354-361. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12311-013-0542-3

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Tomlinson SP, Davis NJ, Morgan HM, Bracewell RM. Cerebellar contributions to verbal working memory. The Cerebellum. 2014 Jun;13(3):354-361. Epub 2013 Dec 15. doi: 10.1007/s12311-013-0542-3

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Tomlinson, Simon P. ; Davis, Nick J. ; Morgan, Helen M. et al. / Cerebellar contributions to verbal working memory. In: The Cerebellum. 2014 ; Vol. 13, No. 3. pp. 354-361.

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