Counting during recall: Taxing of working memory and reduced vividness and emotionality of negative memories

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 303-311

  van den Hout, Marcel A ^a   Engelhard, Iris M ^a   Smeets, Monique A M ^a   Hornsveld, Hellen ^a   Hoogeveen, Elsbeth ^a   de Heer, Eric ^a   Toffolo, Marieke B J ^a   Rijkeboer, Marleen ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; EMOTIONALITY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 77956425474     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1677     Document Type: Article

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