Memory for time and place contributes to enhanced confidence in memories for emotional events

Emotion

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 834-846

  Rimmele, Ulrike ^a   Davachi, Lila ^a   Phelps, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence; Emotion; Memory; Remember know; Subjective sense of remembering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TERRORISM; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; PERCEPTION; TIME;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868358546     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028003     Document Type: Article

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