Mood-congruent recall of affectively toned stimuli: A meta-analytic review

Matt, Georg E.; Vázquez, Carmelo; Campbell, W.Keith

doi:10.1016/0272-7358(92)90116-p

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Mood-congruent recall of affectively toned stimuli: A meta-analytic review

Matt, Georg E., Vázquez, Carmelo, Campbell, W.Keith·1992·Clinical Psychology Review

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Authors: Matt, G. E., Vázquez, C., & Campbell, W. K.
Affiliations: San Diego State University (US)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES)
Corresponding author: Matt, Georg E.
ORCID: Matt, Georg E.
Vázquez, Carmelo
Campbell, W.Keith
Venue: Clinical Psychology Review
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 1992-01
Volume: 12
Issue: 2
Pages: 227-255
ISSN: 0272-7358 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/0272-7358(92)90116-p
OpenAlex: W2070636866
Cited by: 726
References: 8
Citations by year: 2026: 17 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 66 · 2022: 28 · 2021: 40 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 37 · 2018: 33 · 2017: 32 · 2016: 39 · 2015: 38 · 2014: 32 · 2013: 29 · 2012: 26
FWCI: 2.55
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Clinical Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords: mood-congruent memory, emotional valence, depression, subthreshold depression, self-referential encoding, mood and memory

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