The neuropsychology of memory illusions: False recall and recognition in amnesic patients

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 319-334

  Schacter, Daniel L ^a,b   Verfaellie, Mieke ^b,c   Pradere, Dan ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0030118638     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmla.1996.0018     Document Type: Article

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