The fading affect bias begins within 12hours and persists for 3 months

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 663-672

  Gibbons, Jeffrey A ^a   Lee, Sherman A ^a   Walker, W Richard ^b  

^a CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; FADING AFFECT BIAS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79960722504     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1738     Document Type: Article

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