Divided attention during retrieval suppresses false recognition in confabulation

Cortex

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-153

  Ciaramelli, Elisa ^a,b   Ghetti, Simona ^c   Borsotti, Marco ^b  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Centro di Studi e Ricerche in Neuroscienze Cognitive   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Confabulation; False recognition; Frontal lobe; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONFABULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 58149470799     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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