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Original Article

Recognition memory and psychophysiological responses to stimuli with neutral or emotional content: A study of korsakoff patients and recently detoxified and longterm abstinent alcoholics

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Pages 1-35 | Received 28 May 1985, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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