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BRIEF REPORTS

Imprisoned by the past: Unhappy moods lead to a retrospective bias to mind wandering

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Pages 1481-1490 | Received 26 Apr 2010, Accepted 15 Nov 2010, Published online: 21 Mar 2011

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