Evidence for the differential salience of disgust and fear in episodic memory

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1100-1112

  Chapman, Hanah A ^a,d   Johannes, Kristen ^a   Poppenk, Jordan L ^b   Moscovitch, Morris ^a,c   Anderson, Adam K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disgust; Emotion; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EMOTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887971052     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030503     Document Type: Article

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