Medial temporal lobe contributions to future thinking: Evidence from neuroimaging and amnesia

Psychologica Belgica

Volumn 52, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 77-94

  Verfaellie, Mieke ^a   Race, Elizabeth ^a   Keane, Margaret M ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84866411737     PISSN: 00332879     EISSN: 2054670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/pb-52-2-3-77     Document Type: Conference Paper

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