Bilateral eye movements enhance the retrieval of episodic memories

Neuropsychology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-229

  Christman, Stephen D ^a   Garvey, Kilian J ^a   Propper, Ruth E ^b   Phaneuf, Keri A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b Merrimack College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT;

ADULT; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SACCADES; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0038689289     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.17.2.221     Document Type: Article

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