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Pornographic Picture Processing Interferes with Working Memory Performance

Christian Laier Department of General Psychology: Cognition, University of Duisburg–EssenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Frank P. Schulte Department of General Psychology: Cognition, University of Duisburg–Essen; Erwin L. Hahn Institute for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Matthias Brand Department of General Psychology: Cognition, University of Duisburg–Essen; Erwin L. Hahn Institute for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Pages 642-652 | Published online: 20 Nov 2012

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