On the emotions that accompany autobiographical memories: Dysphoria disrupts the fading affect bias

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 703-723

  Walker, W Richard ^a   Skowronski, John J ^b   Gibbons, Jeffrey A ^c   Vogl, Rodney J ^d   Thompson, Charles P ^e  

^a WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHORIA; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL;

EID: 0041743149     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930302287     Document Type: Article

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