The episodic nature of involuntary autobiographical memories

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 789-803

  Berntsen, Dorthe ^a   Hall, Nicoline Marie ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LITERATURE; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNIQUE; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 6344258141     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03195869     Document Type: Article

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