How negative emotion enhances the visual specificity of a memory

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1872-1887

  Kensinger, Elizabeth A ^a,b,d   Garoff Eaton, Rachel J ^b,c   Schacter, Daniel L ^b,c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d McGuinn Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 35748951294     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2007.19.11.1872     Document Type: Article

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