Chapter 3.7 The role of the precuneus in episodic memory

Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue , 2008, Pages 363-377

  Trimble, Michael R ^a   Cavanna, Andrea E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

consciousness; episodic memory retrieval; parietal lobe; precuneus

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649820149     PISSN: 15697339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-7339(08)00220-8     Document Type: Review

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