Changing the working self alters the emotions prompted by recall of personal pasts

Results from three studies indicated that emotional responses to memories can be changed by altering the working self. In particular, these results showed that emotional reactions to memories: (1) were especially positive when memories were perceived to be central to the working self (Experiment 1);...

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Main Authors: Skowronski, J.J (Author), Sedikides, C. (Author), Xie, W. (Author), Zhou, X. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2015-02.
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