Retraction to:The word concreteness effect occurs for positive, but not negative, emotion words in immediate serial recall (British Journal of Psychology, (2009), 100, (91–109), 10.1348/000712608X318617);The word concreteness effect occurs for positive, but not negative, emotion words in immediate serial recall

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-109

  Tse, Chi Shing ^a   Altarriba, Jeanette ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 61449264589     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: 20448295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12535     Document Type: Erratum

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