The pleasantness of false beliefs: An emotion-based account of confabulation

Neuropsychoanalysis

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-16

  Turnbull, Oliver H ^a   Jenkins, Sarah ^a   Rowley, Martina L ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33847108158     PISSN: 15294145     EISSN: 20443978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15294145.2004.10773432     Document Type: Article

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