Are affective events richly recollected or simply familiar? The experience and process of recognizing feelings past

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 242-261

  Ochsner, Kevin N ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; STUDENT;

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS;

EID: 0034204336     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.129.2.242     Document Type: Article

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