How emotional content of memories changes in narrating

Narrative Inquiry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 37-56

  Fioretti, Chiara ^a   Smorti, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memories; Emotions; Language; Personal narratives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958541378     PISSN: 13876740     EISSN: 15699935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/ni.25.1.03fio     Document Type: Article

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