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Introduction—Telling It Like It Isn’t: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Confabulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2010

ASAF GILBOA  and
MIEKE VERFAELLIE
ASAF GILBOA*
Affiliation:
The Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre, Toronto, Ontario
MIEKE VERFAELLIE
Affiliation:
Memory Disorders Research Center, VA Boston Healthcare System and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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*Correspondence and reprint requests to: Asaf Gilboa, The Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre, Toronto, Ontario, M6A 2E1 Canada. Email: agilboa@rotman-baycrest.on.ca
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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 16 , Issue 6 , November 2010 , pp. 961 - 966
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