Dissociative tendencies and memory performance on directed-forgetting tasks

Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 212-217

  Devilly, Grant J ^a   Ciorciari, Joseph ^a   Piesse, Amy ^a   Sherwell, Sarah ^a   Zammit, Sonia ^a   Cook, Fallon ^a   Turton, Christie ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SAMPLE SIZE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247250807     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01875.x     Document Type: Article

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