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Running online behavioral experiments using R: Implementation of a response-time decision making task as an R-Shiny app

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|Jan 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.200 | Journal eISSN: 2514-4820
Language: English
Submitted on: Mar 16, 2021
Accepted on: Nov 9, 2021
Published on: Jan 7, 2022
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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