Long-term, explicit memory in rituals

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 327-339

  Czachesz, István ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

emotional salience; long term memory; Ritual theory; self relatedness; stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651494861     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853710X531212     Document Type: Article

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