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Spatial Summation for Heat-Pain

Nature volume 182, pages 876–877 (1958)Cite this article

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THE report of an experimental study by Greene1 on this topic reached me too late for reference to be included in my recent communication2.

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  1. Greene, L. C., Report No. 14, Aviation Medical Acceleration Laboratory, U.S. Naval Air Development Center (1957).

  2. Hall, K. R. L., Nature, 182, 307 (1958).

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Cape Town,

    K. R. L. HALL

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HALL, K. Spatial Summation for Heat-Pain. Nature 182, 876–877 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182876b0

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