Reducing the vividness and emotional impact of distressing autobiographical memories: The importance of modality-specific interference

Memory

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 412-422

  Kemps, Eva ^a   Tiggemann, Marika ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESPONSE TIME; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PAIN; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34248166561     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210701262017     Document Type: Article

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