The fading affect bias in the context of emotion activation level, mood, and personal theories of emotion change

Memory

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 428-444

  Ritchie, Timothy ^a   Skowronski, John J ^b   Hartnett, Jessica ^b   Wells, Brett ^b   Walker, W Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Autobiographical memory; Emotion; Fading affect bias; Personal theories; Valence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; THEORY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; DEPRESSION; INDIVIDUALITY; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSION; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68049137836     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210902791665     Document Type: Article

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