Remembering and voting: Theory and evidence from amnesic patients

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 837-848

  Coronel, Jason C ^a   Duff, Melissa C ^b   Warren, David E ^b   Federmeier, Kara D ^a   Gonsalves, Brian D ^a   Tranel, Daniel ^a   Cohen, Neal J ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 84867233871     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2012.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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