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Memory for faces with emotional expressions in Alzheimer’s disease and healthy older participants: positivity effect is not only due to familiarity

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Pages 1-28 | Received 07 Sep 2015, Accepted 14 Jan 2016, Published online: 12 Feb 2016

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