Professional athletes have extraordinary skills for rapidly learning complex and neutral dynamic visual scenes.
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SUBMITTER: Faubert J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3560394 | biostudies-other | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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