Emotional memory: What does the amygdala do?

Current Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages

  Phelps, Elizabeth A ^a   Anderson, Adam K ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031149197     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00146-1     Document Type: Article

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