Working memory capacity can be improved by expressive writing: A randomized experiment in a Japanese sample

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-80

  Yogo, Masao ^a   Fujihara, Shuji ^a  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; WORKING MEMORY; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NARRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; WRITING;

EID: 39649100224     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910707X252440     Document Type: Article

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