Positive mood is associated with the implicit use of distraction

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-77

  Biss, Renée K ^a,b   Hasher, Lynn ^a,b   Thomas, Ruthann C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Distraction; Emotional states; Implicit memory; Positive affect

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949919016     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-010-9156-y     Document Type: Article

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