Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC Honors Theses University Honors Program 5-2001 EROS: Exploring Sensory Perception and Environmental Rhythms Scott eineH Southern Illinois University Carbondale Follow this and additional works at: http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/uhp_theses Recommended Citation Heine, Scott, "EROS: Exploring Sensory Perception and Environmental Rhythms" (2001). Honors Theses. Paper 144. This Dissertation/Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the University Honors Program at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact
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