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Nicole Starik, Thomas Goettert, Ulrich Zeller
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Enrico Lunghi, Claudia Corti, Marta Biaggini, Yahui Zhao, Fabio Cianferoni
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Annie Lei, Kristen R. Breit, Jennifer D. Thomas
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Mira Erhart, Stefan Czoschke, Cora Fischer, Christoph Bledowski, Jochen Kaiser
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Kelly Cotton, Timothy J. Ricker
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Tanushree Srivastava, Ajith Kumar, Vinod Kumar, Govindhaswamy Umapathy
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Estel Blanch, Adria Lopez-Baucells, Vanessa A. A. Mata, Carles Flaquer, David Lopez-Bosch
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Amy L. Griffin
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Mamdouh Fahd Alenazi, Haya Al-Joudi, Faisal Alotaibi, Martyn Bracewell, Neil M. Dundon, Mohammad Zia Ul Haq Katshu, Giovanni d'Avossa
Summary: Disorders of the medial temporal lobe can adversely affect spatial binding in visual working memory. This study found that patients who underwent left temporal lobectomy made swap errors in recalling target colors, while those who underwent right temporal lobectomy made more errors in recalling target shapes.
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