"Don't worry; you really will get over it": Methodological investigations of the fading affect bias

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-217

  Landau, Joshua D ^a   Gunter, Benjamin C ^b  

^a YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; RECALL; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL RECALL; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 67649798313     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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