Phenomenal characteristics of autobiographical memories for positive, negative, and neutral events

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 281-294

  D'Argembeau, Arnaud ^a   Comblain, Christine ^a   van der Linden, Martial ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEMORY; OBSERVATION; ODOR; PERCEPTION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECALL; SELF REPORT; SENSATION; TASTE; TIME; VISION;

EID: 4544368884     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.856     Document Type: Article

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