On lions and adolescents: Affective temperaments and the influence of negative stimuli on memory

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 477-495

  Garcia, Danilo ^a   Rosenberg, Patricia ^b   Erlandsson, Arvid ^c   Siddiqui, Anver ^d,e  

^a Department of Psychology   (Sweden)

^b Galären Educations   (Sweden)

^c INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Affective temperament; Attention memory; Negativity bias; Positivity bias; Prevention focus; Promotion focus

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954424519     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-009-9153-6     Document Type: Article

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