Functional neuroimaging of false memories

The Wiley Handbook on The Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 150-171

  Dennis, Nancy A ^a   Bowman, Caitlin R ^a   Turney, Indira C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DRM paradigm; false memory; Familiarity; fMRI; Frontal cortex; Medial temporal lobe; Misinformation; Sensory reactivation hypothesis; Source misattribution; True memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975759539     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118332634.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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