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The Importance of Being Variable

Douglas D. Garrett, Natasa Kovacevic, Anthony R. McIntosh and Cheryl L. Grady
Journal of Neuroscience 23 March 2011, 31 (12) 4496-4503; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5641-10.2011
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5641-10.2011
PubMed 
21430150
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History 
  • Received October 27, 2010
  • Revision received January 20, 2011
  • Accepted January 24, 2011
  • First published March 23, 2011.
  • Version of record published March 23, 2011.
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  1. Douglas D. Garrett1,2,
  2. Natasa Kovacevic1,
  3. Anthony R. McIntosh1,2, and
  4. Cheryl L. Grady1,2,3
  1. 1Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest, Toronto, Ontario M6A 2E1, Canada,
  2. 2Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G3, Canada, and
  3. 3Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R8, Canada
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Disclosures

    • Received October 27, 2010.
    • Revision received January 20, 2011.
    • Accepted January 24, 2011.
  • This work was supported by Canadian Institutes of Health Research grants to C.L.G. (Grant MOP14036) and A.R.M. (Grant MOP13026), and a JS McDonnell Foundation grant to A.R.M. C.L.G. is supported also by the Canada Research Chairs program, the Ontario Research Fund, and the Canadian Foundation for Innovation. D.D.G. is supported by an IODE (Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire) War Memorial Award, a doctoral Canada Graduate Scholarship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Sir James Lougheed Award of Distinction from Alberta Scholarship Programs, the Naomi Grigg Fellowship for Postgraduate Studies in Gerontology from Soroptimist International of Toronto, and the Men's Service Group Graduate Student Fellowship from the Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest. And, our apologies to Oscar Wilde, but the title of this paper wrote itself.

  • The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

  • Correspondence should be addressed to Douglas D. Garrett, Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest, 3560 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario M6A 2E1, Canada. d.garrett{at}utoronto.ca

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