Chapter 3 When Emotion Intensifies Memory Interference

Psychology of Learning and Motivation - Advances in Research and Theory

Volumn 51, Issue , 2009, Pages 101-120

  Mather, Mara ^a  

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EID: 70349125811     PISSN: 00797421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-7421(09)51003-1     Document Type: Review

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