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the present finding would be helpful. Furthermore, the result of
the following study may initiate a number of different resear-
ches in the area of rote memory and affective stimulation across
the different intellectual functioning groups.
Acknowledgements
AC thanks to Indian Council of Medical Research for the fi-
nancial assistance. Sri Debabrata Biswas for academic guidance.
Sri Sumon Mukherjee for valuable suggestion.
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