At the intersection of emotion and cognitiom: Aging and the positivity effect

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 117-121

  Carstensen, Laura L ^a   Mikels, Joseph A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Cognition; Emotion; Memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944491026     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2005.00348.x     Document Type: Review

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