Training Forgetting of Negative Material in Depression

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-43

  Joormann, Jutta ^a   Hertel, Paula T ^b   LeMoult, Joelle ^a   Gotlib, Ian H ^c  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; cognition; depression; emotion; memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849117792     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013794     Document Type: Article

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