Remembering to forget: The amnesic effect of daydreaming

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1036-1042

  Delaney, Peter F ^a   Sahakyan, Lili ^a   Kelley, Colleen M ^b   Zimmerman, Carissa A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memories; Contextual change; Daydreams; Directed forgetting; Mental context

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FANTASY; HUMAN; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FANTASY; HUMANS; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954820694     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610374739     Document Type: Article

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