Directed forgetting of autobiographical events

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 577-587

  Joslyn, Susan L ^a   Oakes, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOOD; RECALL; WORKING MEMORY; AFFECT; LITERATURE;

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

EID: 27744584773     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03195325     Document Type: Article

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