The neurobiology of the human memory

Theoretical Biology Forum

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-87

  Fietta, Pierluigi ^a   Fietta, Pieranna ^b  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera della Provincia di Lodi   (Afghanistan)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Declarative and procedural memory; Episodic memory; Implicit and explicit memory; Longterm memory; Memory trace; Semantic memory; Sensory memory; Short term memory; Synaptic plasticity; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053185596     PISSN: 22822593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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