Negative emotional experiences arouse rumination and affect working memory capacity

Emotion

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 867-880

  Curci, Antonietta ^a   Lanciano, Tiziana ^a   Soleti, Emanuela ^a   Rimé, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Emotion; Executive processes; Rumination; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887382300     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032492     Document Type: Article

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