The effects of age and gender on the perception of lexical emotion

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 226-238

  Grunwald, Ilana S ^a   Borod, Joan C ^b,c   Obler, Loraine K ^d   Erhan, Hulya M ^e   Pick, Lawrence H ^b   Welkowitz, Joan ^f   Madigan, Nancy K ^g   Sliwinski, Martin ^h   Whalen, John ⁱ  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^h New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities   (United States)

ⁱ BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Emotion; Emotional intensity; Lexical perception; Sex differences; Valence; Verbal communication channel

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX FACTORS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0033403038     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324826an0604_5     Document Type: Article

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