Nature of autobiographical memory that facilitates improvement of negative moods

Japanese Journal of Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-175

  Sakaki, Michiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Emotion regulation; Importance of memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL;

EID: 23844474848     PISSN: 00215236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4992/jjpsy.76.169     Document Type: Article

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