Enhancing autobiographical memory specificity through cognitive training: An intervention for depression translated from basic science

Clinical Psychological Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-92

  Neshat Doost, Hamid Taher ^a   Dalgleish, Tim ^b   Yule, William ^c   Kalantari, Mehrdad ^a   Ahmadi, Sayed Jafar ^a   Dyregrov, Atle ^c   Jobson, Laura ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c Children and War Foundation   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Autobiographical memory; Depression; Memory specificity training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888052429     PISSN: 21677026     EISSN: 21677034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167702612454613     Document Type: Article

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