When the Red Sox shocked the Yankees: Comparing negative and positive memories

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 757-763

  Kensinger, Elizabeth A ^a   Schacter, Daniel L ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847762310     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193993     Document Type: Review

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