Testing the repression hypothesis: Effects of emotional valence on memory suppression in the think - No think task

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 281-293

  Lambert, Anthony J ^a   Good, Kimberly S ^a   Kirk, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Emotion; Executive processes; Memory; Memory repression; Memory suppression; Think no think task

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY; PREDICTION;

EMOTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PROBABILITY; REPRESSION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THINKING;

EID: 77649237738     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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