Mental imagery in emotion and emotional disorders

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 349-362

  Holmes, Emily A ^a   Mathews, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Emotion; Imagery; Imagery rescripting; Intrusive memories; Involuntary memory; Mental image; Vividness

Indexed keywords

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; IMAGERY; IMAGINATION; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PERCEPTION; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

BRAIN; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); LANGUAGE; MENTAL RECALL; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 77549086232     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2010.01.001     Document Type: Review

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