Motivational biases in memory for emotions

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 401-418

  Lench, Heather C ^a   Levine, Linda J ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Approach; Avoidance; Emotion; Memory; Motivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECALL; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77950976010     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930802650788     Document Type: Article

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