Spinning the stories of our lives

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 491-503

  Marsh, Elizabeth J ^a,c   Tversky, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 7744246470     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1001     Document Type: Article

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