Memory for emotionally provocative words in alexithymia: A role for stimulus relevance

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1062-1068

  Meltzer, Mitchell A ^a   Nielson, Kristy A ^a,b  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Arousal; Attention; Long term memory; Psychosomatic; Recall; Somatosensory amplification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HATRED; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PAIN; PROVOCATIVE WORD; RECALL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THRILL; WORD RECOGNITION;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; READING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 78149496315     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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