Beyond general arousal: Effects of specific emotions on memory

Social Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 157-181

  Levine, Linda J ^a   Burgess, Stewart L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0031520535     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.1997.15.3.157     Document Type: Article

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