Positive involuntary autobiographical memories: You first have to live them

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 402-406

  Clark, Ian A ^a   Mackay, Clare E ^a   Holmes, Emily A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Emotions; Involuntary memory; Mental imagery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FILM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITIVE INVOLUNTARY AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; RECOGNITION;

EID: 84873899483     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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