Effect of Negative Emotional Content on Working Memory and Long-Term Memory

Emotion

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 378-393

  Kensinger, Elizabeth A ^a   Corkin, Suzanne ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0344981469     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.3.4.378     Document Type: Article

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