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Brief Articles

Sad expressions during encoding attenuate recognition of facial identity in visual working memory: behavioural and electrophysiological evidence

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Pages 1271-1283 | Received 20 Aug 2019, Accepted 30 Jan 2020, Published online: 11 Feb 2020

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