Training the forgetting of negative words: The role of direct suppression and the relation to stress reactivity

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 365-375

  LeMoult, Joelle ^a   Hertel, Paula T ^b   Joormann, Jutta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS; STRESS MANAGEMENT; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 77956424665     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1682     Document Type: Article

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