Regret as autobiographical memory

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 385-403

  Davison, Ian M ^a   Feeney, Aidan ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action inaction; Autobiographical memory; Regret; Reminiscence bump

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; RECALL; SELF EVALUATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 55049134438     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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