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Research Article

ACUTE STRESS ENHANCES MEMORY FOR EMOTIONAL WORDS, BUT IMPAIRS MEMORY FOR NEUTRAL WORDS

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Pages 1343-1351 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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