Subjective vs. documented reality: A case study of long-term real-life autobiographical memory

Learning and Memory

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-146

  Mendelsohn, Avi ^a   Furman, Orit ^a   Navon, Inbal ^a   Dudai, Yadin ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE NET; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRESSION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 59649099496     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.1157709     Document Type: Article

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