In search of memory traces

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-23

  Thompson, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Hippocampus; Inactivation; Learning; Localization

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BLINKING; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION; REFLEX; REVIEW; SEMANTICS;

AFFECT; AMYGDALA; BLINKING; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFLEX; SEMANTICS;

EID: 14544296193     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.56.091103.070239     Document Type: Review

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