On known unknowns: Fluency and the neural mechanisms of illusory truth

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 739-746

  Wang, Wei Chun ^a   Brashier, Nadia M ^a   Wing, Erik A ^a   Marsh, Elizabeth J ^a   Cabeza, Roberto ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERIRHINAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; ILLUSION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PERIRHINAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962733494     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00923     Document Type: Article

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