Emotion, memory, and attention in the taboo stroop paradigm an experimental analogue of flashbulb memories

Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-32

  MacKay, Donald G ^a   Ahmetzanov, Marat V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECALL; TABOO;

AFFECT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TABOO; VOCABULARY;

EID: 12944327811     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.00776.x     Document Type: Article

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