Investigating the role of emotion during the search process in free recall

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1387-1400

  Siddiqui, Aisha P ^a   Unsworth, Nash ^a,b  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Free recall; Search models

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80155148432     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-011-0125-9     Document Type: Article

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