How arousal modulates memory: Disentangling the effects of attention and retention

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 294-306

  Sharot, Tali ^a   Phelps, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; SCORING SYSTEM; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 5344269524     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.4.3.294     Document Type: Article

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