Aging and the effects of facial and prosodic cues on emotional intensity ratings and memory reconstructions

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-125

  Thompson, Laura A ^a   Aidinejad, Mohammad R ^a   Ponte, Janisse ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion and aging; Facial expressions of emotion; Memory for emotional language; Prosodic cues to emotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035535808     PISSN: 01915886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010749711863     Document Type: Article

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