Arousal at encoding, arousal at retrieval, interviewer support, and children's memory for a mild stressor

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 289-305

  Quas, Jodi A ^a   Lench, Heather C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 34047253809     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1279     Document Type: Article

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