Aspects of the unity of consciousness and everyday memory failures

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 372-385

  Gennaro, Rocco J ^a   Herrmann, Douglas J ^a   Sarapata, Michael ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cognitive failures; Consciousness; Memory; Slips of action; Unity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE PERSONALITY;

COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; HUMANS; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33646560942     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2005.09.008     Document Type: Article

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