Reliving emotional personal memories: Affective biases linked to personality and sex-related differences

Emotion

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 515-528

  Denkova, Ekaterina ^a   Dolcos, Florin ^b   Dolcos, Sanda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective state; Emotion control; Individual variations; Mood and anxiety disorders; personal memories

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MOOD; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EPISODIC MEMORY; PERSONALITY; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; PERSONALITY; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867267230     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026809     Document Type: Article

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