The Moderating Effects of Stimulus Valence and Arousal on Memory Suppression

Emotion

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-207

  Marx, Brian P ^a   Marshall, Peter J ^b   Castro, Frank ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

memory suppression; retrieval inhibition; stimulus arousal; stimulus valence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; RECALL; RECOGNITION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; REACTION TIME; REPRESSION; SEMANTICS;

EID: 43549103350     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.8.2.199     Document Type: Article

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