The Cost in Remembering of Ruminating on Negative Memories

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1434-1438

  Small, Laura ^a   Kenny, Lucy ^a   Bryant, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Memory; Retrieval induced forgetting; Rumination; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL;

EID: 83755172574     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026436     Document Type: Article

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