Recollection, familiarity and memory strength: Confusion about confounds

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 337-338

  Diana, Rachel A ^a   Ranganath, Charan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN REGION; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; FAMILIARITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; LETTER; MEMORY; NEUROIMAGING; PERIRHINAL CORTEX; RECOLLECTION;

BRAIN; CONFUSION; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 79960927611     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2011.06.001     Document Type: Letter

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