Active vibrissal sensing in rodents and marsupials Supplemental Information
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Ben Mitchinson, Robyn A. Grant, Kendra Arkley, Vladan Rankov, Igor Perkon, Tony J. Prescott. Corresponding author: [email protected] (1) Active Touch Laboratory (ATL@S), Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom. (2) Cognitive Neuroscience Sector, International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy; Italian Institute of Technology, SISSA Unit, Trieste, Italy; LDOS, Faculty Of Electrical Engineering, University Of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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