How happy have you felt lately? Two diary studies of emotion recall in older and younger adults

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 728-757

  Ready, Rebecca E ^a   Weinberger, Mark I ^a   Jones, Kelly M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; LIFE SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECALL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 34249802630     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930600948269     Document Type: Article

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