Perceived changes in ordinary autobiographical events' affect and visual imagery colorfulness

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 461-470

  Ritchie, Timothy D ^a   Batteson, Tamzin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect intensity; Autobiographical memory; Colorfulness; Event rehearsal; Fading affect bias; Visual imagery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; COLOR; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; VISION; VISUAL IMAGERY COLORFULNESS; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

EID: 84874762368     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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