Investigating the mechanisms fuelling reduced false recall of emotional material

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 238-259

  Palmer, Janet E ^a   Dodson, Chad S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION; WORD LIST RECALL; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 60749124204     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930801976663     Document Type: Article

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