Face memory and hemispheric preference: emotionality and extraversion

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Brain Imaging Investigation of the Memory-Enhancing Effect of Emotion
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Brain Imaging Investigation of the Memory-Enhancing Effect of Emotion

Published on: May 4, 2011

W B Thompson, J H Mueller

    Brain and Cognition
    |July 1, 1984
    PubMed

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