Modulation of long-term memory by arousal in alexithymia: The role of interpretation

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 786-793

  Nielson, Kristy A ^a,b   Meltzer, Mitchell A ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Arousal interpretation; Emotional awareness; Memory consolidation; Memory modulation

Indexed keywords

ALEXITHYMIA; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; SCORING SYSTEM; WORD LIST RECALL; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AROUSAL; AWARENESS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 69249218909     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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