Memory and reality

American Psychologist

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 760-771

  Johnson, Marcia K ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

False memory; Medial temporal lobe; Prefrontal cortex; Reality monitoring; Source monitoring

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COGNITION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AFFECT; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMANS; MEMORY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REPRESSION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33751237349     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.61.8.760     Document Type: Article

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