The Memory Enhancing Effect of Emotion: Functional Neuroimaging Evidence

Memory and Emotion: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 105-134

  Dolcos, Florin ^a   LaBar, Kevin S ^a   Cabeza, Roberto ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Information; Memory; Neuroimaging; Psychological processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889494350     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470756232.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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