Thematically-induced arousal in naturally-occurring emotional memories

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 995-1004

  Laney, Cara ^a   Heuer, Friderike ^b   Reisberg, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

^c REED COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 8744307936     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.951     Document Type: Article

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