Emotion regulation during social remembering: Differences between emotions elicited during an event and emotions elicited when talking about it

Memory

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-163

  Pasupathi, Monisha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; EMOTIONALITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0037346981     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/741938212     Document Type: Review

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