Are we compulsively chasing rainbows?

Neuropsychopharmacology

Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA.

Published: November 2022

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41386-022-01419-wDOI Listing

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