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Terje Falck-Ytter

Professor
Uppsala University

Terje Falck-Ytter is professor of psychology at Uppsala University, researcher at the Center of Neurodevelopmental Disorders at Karolinska Institutet, and Pro Futura Scientia Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in Uppsala, Sweden.

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