Emotional state and local versus global spatial memory

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 138-146

  Brunyé, Tad T ^a,b   Mahoney, Caroline R ^a,b   Augustyn, Jason S ^b   Taylor, Holly A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Engineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive; Emotional states; Physiological arousal; Recall (learning); Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MAPS AS TOPIC; MASSACHUSETTS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; SPACE PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 58549094904     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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