Neuroimaging studies of false memory: A selective review

Psychologia

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 131-145

  Abe, Nobuhito ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

False memory; FMRI; PET; Recognition; Recollection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867255249     PISSN: 00332852     EISSN: 13475916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2117/psysoc.2012.131     Document Type: Review

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