Encoding details: Positive emotion leads to memory broadening

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1255-1262

  Yegiyan, Narine S ^a   Yonelinas, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Encoding; Gun focus; Memory for detail; Positive emotion; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; POSITIVE EMOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AROUSAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84855692302     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2010.540821     Document Type: Article

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