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A Primer ofHuman Behavioral Pharmacology by A. Poling is available from Plenum Press, New York. A Primer ofBehavioral Pharmacology: Concepts and Principles in the Behavioral Analysis of Drug Action by P. L. Carlton is available from W. H. Freeman and Company, New York. Preparation of this manuscript was supported in part by USPHS Research Grant DA04545-01 (S. T. Higgins) and Research Scientist Development Award DA-04066 (J. R. Hughes).

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Higgins, S.T., Hughes, J.R. & Gallagher, R.M. Introducing Behavioral Pharmacology: A Review of Primers by Poling and by Carlton. BEHAV ANALYST 10, 277–281 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392437

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