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Indexing
and abstracting of journal articles, books and book chapters, reports, theses
and dissertations published internationally. Subject coverage of applied psychology;
communication systems; developmental psychology; educational psychology; experimental
human and animal psychology; personality; psychological and physical disorders;
physiological psychology and neuroscience; professional personnel and issues;
psychometrics and statistics; social psychology; social processes and issues;
sports pschology and leisure; treatment and prevention. Coverage from the 1840
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