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. 2011 Mar 15;108(11):E39.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1018876108. Epub 2011 Mar 3.

Role of the hippocampus in imagination and future thinking

Eleanor A Maguire, Demis Hassabis
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Role of the hippocampus in imagination and future thinking

Eleanor A Maguire et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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