Examining the mechanisms of overgeneral autobiographical memory: Capture and rumination, and impaired executive control

Memory

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-183

  Sumner, Jennifer A ^a   Griffith, James W ^a,b   Mineka, Susan ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory specificity; Car fa x model; Executive control; Overgeneral autobiographical memory; References; Rumination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROOP TEST;

ADOLESCENT; DEPRESSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SELF CONCEPT; STROOP TEST; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951693589     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2010.541467     Document Type: Article

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