Odyssey's end: Lay conceptions of nostalgia reflect its original homeric meaning

Emotion

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 102-119

  Hepper, Erica G ^a   Ritchie, Timothy D ^b   Sedikides, Constantine ^a   Wildschut, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Emotions; Memory; Nostalgia; Prototype; Self

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CODING; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NOSTALGIA; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; STIMULUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; VIGNETTE; ADOLESCENT; EPISODIC MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863815918     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025167     Document Type: Article

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