Enhancing retention through reconsolidation: Negative emotional arousal following retrieval enhances later recall

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 781-786

  Finn, Bridgid ^a   Roediger III, Henry L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

emotion and memory; reconsolidation; testing effect

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL;

AROUSAL; CUES; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 79958077918     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611407932     Document Type: Article

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