Impaired Emotional Declarative Memory Following Unilateral Amygdala Damage
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Impaired declarative memory for emotional material following bilateral amygdala damage in humans.
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عنوان ژورنال: Learning & Memory
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1072-0502
DOI: 10.1101/lm.7.3.180