Evidence for preserved emotional memory in normal older persons

Emotion

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-253

  Denburg, Natalie L ^a   Buchanan, Tony W ^b   Tranel, Daniel ^b   Adolphs, Ralph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMYGDALA; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0041414251     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.3.3.239     Document Type: Article

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