Emotional stress and eyewitness memory: A critical review

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 284-309

  Christianson, Sven Åke ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

AROUSAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY; REPRESSION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026922420     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.112.2.284     Document Type: Article

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