Differences in the way older and younger adults rate threat in faces but not situations

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Ruffman, Ted ^a   Sullivan, Susan ^b   Edge, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; DECISION THEORY; EMOTION; EMOTION RECOGNITION TASK; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL LEARNING; SPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT;

EID: 33746348674     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/61.4.P187     Document Type: Article

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