Memory for emotional events: The accuracy of central and peripheral details

Europe's Journal of Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 323-336

  Lanciano, Tiziana ^a   Curci, Antonietta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emotional details; Emotional memories; Memory accuracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960863362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18410413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5964/ejop.v7i2.132     Document Type: Article

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