Influences of age on emotional reactivity during picture processing

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Smith, Darin P ^a   Hillman, Charles H ^a   Duley, Aaron R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PICTURE PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; STARTLE REFLEX;

EID: 12344260541     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/60.1.P49     Document Type: Article

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