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1970 • 453 citations

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1971 • 216 citations

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1967 • 209 citations

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1956 • 160 citations

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1968 • 153 citations

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1964 • 152 citations

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1972 • 141 citations

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1972 • 138 citations

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1969 • 131 citations

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1968 • 128 citations

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1971 • 117 citations

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1941 • 113 citations

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1971 • 108 citations

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1959 • 89 citations

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1970 • 59 citations

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1966 • 55 citations

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1970 • 55 citations

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1966 • 53 citations

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1957 • 52 citations

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1966 • 46 citations

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1964 • 45 citations

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1967 • 43 citations

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1968 • 37 citations

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1965 • 35 citations

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1969 • 35 citations

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1969 • 33 citations

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1970 • 33 citations

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1972 • 30 citations

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1965 • 28 citations

Conditioning procedures with hyperactive children

1967 • 25 citations

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1971 • 25 citations

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1967 • 23 citations

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1961 • 23 citations

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1966 • 20 citations

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1956 • 17 citations

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1968 • 17 citations

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1970 • 16 citations

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1965 • 16 citations

Observations of over-active imbecile children in controlled and uncontrolled environments. I. Classroom studies.

1968 • 15 citations

Effects of Visual and Auditory Background on Reading Test Performance

1971 • 13 citations

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1969 • 12 citations

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1960 • 10 citations

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1973 • 10 citations

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1960 • 9 citations

Results of varying presentations to brain-damaged children of an auditory word discrimination test.

1958 • 8 citations

A Study of "Hyperkinetic" Children Receiving Stimulant Drugs

1973 • 8 citations

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1972 • 8 citations

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1966 • 7 citations

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1973 • 7 citations

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1971 • 7 citations

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1972 • 6 citations

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1968 • 3 citations