The effect of arousal on memory for emotionally-relevant information: A study of skydivers

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1461-1469

  Cavenett, Tamara ^a   Nixon, Reginald D V ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arousal; Cognitive bias; Memory; Skydivers; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; DIVER; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RECOGNITION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT; VARIANCE; WORD LIST RECALL; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPORTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33748787984     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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