The effects of emotion and encoding strategy on associative memory

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1056-1069

  Murray, Brendan D ^a   Kensinger, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative memory; Emotion; Integration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; RECOGNITION; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866852602     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-012-0215-3     Document Type: Article

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