Emotional constraints on intentional forgetting

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 780-786

  Keith Payne, B ^a   Corrigan, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Forgetting; Memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547193161     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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