Emotional Valence, Discrete Emotions, and Memory

Memory and Emotion: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 37-58

  Levine, Linda J ^a   Pizarro, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Emotions; Information processing; Memory; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889291556     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470756232.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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