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  1. Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, USA

    Anna MacKay-Brandt

  2. Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Anna MacKay-Brandt

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MacKay-Brandt, A. (2017). Searchlight Hypothesis. In: Kreutzer, J., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56782-2_1325-3

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