False memories for aggressive acts

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 227-234

  Laney, Cara ^a,b   Takarangi, Melanie K T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b REED COLLEGE   (United States)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Emotion; False memory; Schema

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGGRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876983823     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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