Embodied mood regulation: the impact of body posture on mood recovery, negative thoughts, and mood-congruent recall

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1361-1376

  Veenstra, Lotte ^a   Schneider, Iris K ^a   Koole, Sander L ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

body posture; Embodiment; emotion regulation; emotions; mood regulation; reappraisal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; BODY POSITION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; EMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; POSTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84987638451     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2016.1225003     Document Type: Article

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