Memory processing during sleep mechanisms and evidence from neuroimaging studies

Psychologica Belgica

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 121-142

  Peigneux, Philippe ^a   Melchior, Gwenaëlle ^a   Schmidt, Christina ^a   Dang Vu, Thanh ^a,b   Boly, Mélany ^a   Laureys, Steven ^a,b   Maquet, Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

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