The influence of alexithymia and music on the incidental memory for emotion words

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 551-568

  Vermeulen, Nicolas ^a,b   Toussaint, Julie ^a   Luminet, Olivier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Anger; Arousal; Happy cue; Memory; Music; Personality; Recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149483786     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.758     Document Type: Article

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