Suppression-induced reduction in the specificity of autobiographical memories

Clinical Psychological Science

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 163-169

  Stephens, Elizabeth ^a   Braid, Amy ^a   Hertel, Paula T ^a  

^a TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Dysphoria; Forgetting; Overgeneral memory; Suppression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880629798     PISSN: 21677026     EISSN: 21677034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167702612467773     Document Type: Article

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