Working memory and emotion: Ruminations on a theory of depression

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-27

  Baddeley, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Emotion; Somatic marker; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881231647     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030029     Document Type: Article

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