On bad mood and white bears: The effects of mood state on ability to suppress unwanted thoughts

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1513-1524

  Wyland, Carrie L ^a   Forgas, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TEST; MOOD; MOOD CHANGE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 35248834566     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930601063506     Document Type: Article

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