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This work was supported by the Belgian National Funds for Scientific Research (to E. Quertemont). Christian Brabant is a research assistant under contract with FNRS (grant F.R.F.C. No. 2.4523.98F). The authors thank Sophie Tambour and Andrea Ferrara for their help in preparing this manuscript.
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Quertemont, E., Brabant, C. & Tirelli, E. Response to novelty as a predictor for drug effects: the pitfalls of some correlational studies. Psychopharmacology 173, 221–224 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-004-1796-8
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