My research concerns the cognitive appraisal processes that precede and follow emotions; the effects of emotions on memory; sources of bias in memory for past emotions; and the relations between children's cognitive and emotional development.
Levine, L. J., Lench, H. C., & Safer, M. A. (in press).
Functions of remembering and misremembering emotion. Applied Cognitive Psychology.
Levine,
L. J., & Edelstein, R. S. (in press). Emotion and memory narrowing: A
review and goal relevance approach. Cognition
and Emotion.
Babb,
K. A., Levine, L. J., & Arseneault, J. M. (in press). Shifting gears:
Coping flexibility in children with and without ADHD. International Journal of Behavioral Development.
Lench,
H. C., & Levine, L. J. (in press). Motivational biases in memory for
emotions. Cognition and Emotion.
Lench, H. C., & Levine, L. J.
(2008). Goals and responses to failure: Knowing when to hold them and when to
fold them. Motivation and Emotion, 32, 127-140.[pdf]
Levine, L. J., Burgess, S., & Laney,
C. (2008). Effects of discrete emotions on young children's suggestibility. Developmental
Psychology, 44, 681-694. [pdf]
Davis, E., Quas, J. A., & Levine,
L. J. (2008). Children's memory for stressful events: Exploring the role of
discrete emotions. M. Howe, D. Cicchetti, & G. Goodman (Eds.), Stress,
trauma, and children's memory development: Neurobiological, cognitive,
clinical, and legal perspectives (pp. 236-264). Oxford University Press. [pdf]
Rice, J. A., Levine, L. J., &
Pizarro, D. A. (2007). "Just stop thinking about it": Effects of
emotional disengagement on children's memory for educational material. Emotion,
7, 812-23. [pdf]
Levine, L. J., & Pizarro, D. A.
(2006). Emotional valence, discrete emotions, and memory. In B. Uttl, N. Ohta,
& A. L. Siegenthaler, (Eds.). Memory and emotion: Interdisciplinary
perspectives. Blackwell Publishing. [pdf]
Levine, L. J., Safer, M. A., &
Lench, H. C. (2006). Remembering and misremembering emotions. In L. J. Sanna
and E. C. Chang (Eds.). Judgments over time: The interplay of thoughts,
feelings, and behaviors (pp. 271-290). New York: Oxford University Press. [pdf]
Lench, H. C., & Levine, L. J.
(2005). Effects of fear on risk and control judgments and memory: Implications
for health promotion messages. Cognition and Emotion, 19, 1049-1069. [pdf]
Pechmann, C., Levine, L., Loughlin, S.,
& Leslie, F. (2005). Impulsive and self-conscious: Adolescents'
vulnerability to advertising and promotion. Journal of Public Policy &
Marketing, 24, 202-221. [pdf]
Levine, L. J., Whalen, C. K., Jamner,
L. D., & Henker, B. (2005). Looking Back on September 11, 2001: Appraised
Impact and Memory for Emotions in Adolescents and Adults. Journal of
Adolescent Research, 20, 497-523. [pdf]
Levine, L. J., & Pizarro, D. A.
(2004). Emotion and memory research: A grumpy overview. Social Cognition,
22, 530-554. [pdf]
Levine, L. J., & Bluck, S. (2004).
Painting with broad strokes: Happiness and the malleability of event memory. Cognition
and Emotion, 18, 559-574. [pdf]
Whalen, C. K., Henker, B., King, P.,
Jamner, L. D., & Levine, L. J. (2004). Adolescents react to the events of
September 11, 2001: Focused versus ambient impact. Journal of Abnormal Child
Psychology, 32, 1-11. [pdf]
Levine, L. J., & Bluck, S. (2004).
How emotions fade: Valence, appraisals and the emotional impact of remembered
events. Advances in Psychological Research. Hauppage, New York: Nova
Science. [pdf]
Levine, L. J., & Loftus, E. F.
(2004). Eyewitness testimony. In C. D. Spielberger (Ed.),. San Diego: CA:
Elsevier Science. Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology
Levine, L. J., & Safer, M. A. (2002).
Sources of bias in memory for emotions. Current Directions in Psychological
Science, 11, 169-173. [pdf]
Safer, M. A., Levine, L. J., &
Drapalski, A. (2002). Distortion in memory for emotions: The contributions of
personality and post-event knowledge. Personality and Social Psychology
Bulletin, 28, 1495-1507. [pdf]
Levine, L. J., Prohaska, V., Burgess,
S. L., Rice, J. A, & Laulhere, T. (2001). Remembering emotions: The role of
current appraisals. Cognition and Emotion, 15, 393-417. [pdf]
Bluck, S., Levine, L. J., & Laulhere,
T. (1999). Autobiographical remembering and hypermnesia: A comparison of older
and younger adults. Psychology and Aging, 14, 671-682.
Levine, L. J., Stein, N. L., &
Liwag, M. D. (1999). Remembering children's emotions: Sources of concordance
and discordance between parents and children. Developmental Psychology, 35,
790-801. [pdf]
Stein, N. L., & Levine, L. J.
(1999). The early emergence of emotional understanding and appraisal:
Implications for theories of development. In T. Dalgleish & M. Power
(Eds.), The handbook of cognition and emotion (pp. 383-408). Chicester:
Wiley.
Bluck, S., & Levine, L. J. (1998).
Reminiscence as autobiographical memory: A catalyst for reminiscence theory
development. Ageing and Society, 18, 185-208. [pdf]
Levine, L. J. (1997). Reconstructing
memory for emotions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 126, 165-177.
[pdf]
Levine, L.J. & Bluck, S. (1997).
Experienced and remembered emotional intensity in older adults. Psychology
and Aging, 12, 514-523. [pdf]
Levine, L.J., & Burgess, S.L.
(1997). Beyond general arousal: Effects of specific emotions on memory. Social
Cognition, 15, 157-181. [pdf]
Rauscher, F.H., Shaw, G.L., Levine,
L.J., Wright, E., Dennis, W.R., & Newcomb, R. (1997). Music training causes
long-term enhancement of preschool children's spatial reasoning. Neurological
Research, 19, 2-8.
Levine, L.J. (1996). The anatomy of
disappointment: A naturalistic test of appraisal models of sadness, anger, and
hope. Cognition and Emotion, 10, 337-359. [pdf]
Levine, L.J. (1995). Young children's
understanding of the causes of anger and sadness. Child Development, 66,
697-709. [pdf]
Stein, N.L., & Levine, L.J. (1990).
Making sense out of emotion: The representation and use of goal-structured
knowledge. In N.L. Stein, B. Leventhal, & T. Trabasso (Eds.), Psychological
and biological approaches to emotion (pp. 45-73). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Stein, N.L., & Levine, L.J. (1989).
The causal organization of emotional knowledge: A developmental study. Cognition
and Emotion, 3, 343-378.
Stein, N.L., & Levine, L.J. (1987).
Thinking about feelings: The development and organization of emotional
knowledge. In R.E. Snow & M. Farr (Eds.), Aptitude, learning, and
instruction: Vol. 3. Cognition, conation and affect (pp. 165-197).
Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Psychology and Social Behavior
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