Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 385-401 , September 2007

Unconscious memory formation during anaesthesia

  • Jackie Andrade, PhD (Reader in Psychology)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Professor Jackie Andrade, School of Psychology, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA, UK. Tel.: +44 1752 233157; Fax: +44 114 2766561.

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2007.04.006

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 385-401 , September 2007

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