Mood and recall of autobiographical memory: The effect of focus of self-knowledge

Journal of Personality

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 421-450

  Sakaki, Michiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

affect and memory; mood congruent recall; mood incongruent recall; self complexity; self knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LITERATURE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; AFFECT; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF EFFICACY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34247892287     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2007.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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