Dysphoric students show higher use of the observer perspective in their retrieval of positive versus negative autobiographical memories

Memory

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 423-430

  Nelis, Sabine ^a   Debeer, Elise ^a   Holmes, Emily A ^b   Raes, Filip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Dampening; Depression; Mental imagery; Vantage perspective

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; STUDENT; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876448096     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2012.730530     Document Type: Article

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