Perceptually based false recognition of novel objects in amnesia: Effects of category size and similarity to category prototypes

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 16, Issue 3-5, 1999, Pages 317-341

  Koutstaal, Wilma ^a,c   Schacter, Daniel L ^a   Verfaellie, Mieke ^b   Brenner, Carolyn ^a   Jackson, Eric M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001176574     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026432999380816     Document Type: Article

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