Brain imaging investigation of the memory-enhancing effect of emotion

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 51, 2011, Pages

  Shafer, Andrea ^a   Iordan, Alexandru ^b   Cabeza, Roberto ^c   Dolcos, Florin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Dm effect; Issue 51; Neuroimaging; Neuroscience; Recognition; Recollection

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055122465     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2433     Document Type: Article

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