Distinct processes shape flashbulb and event memories

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 539-551

  Tinti, Carla ^a   Schmidt, Susanna ^a   Testa, Silvia ^a   Levine, Linda J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Event memory; Flashbulb memory; Public events

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMOTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901062268     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-013-0383-9     Document Type: Article

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