"Remembering" emotional words is based on response bias, not recollection

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 423-429

  Dougal, Sonya ^a   Rotello, Caren M ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 34548307274     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194083     Document Type: Article

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