Always Look on the Broad Side of Life: Happiness Increases the Breadth of Sensory Memory

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 958-964

  Kuhbandner, Christof ^a   Lichtenfeld, Stephanie ^a   Pekrun, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotion; Information processing; Mood; Sensory memory; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; POSITIVE AFFECT; SENSORY MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

AFFECT; CUES; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSATION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052289601     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024075     Document Type: Article

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