Age effects on social cognition: Faces tell a different story

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 558-572

  Keightley, Michelle L ^a,b   Winocur, Gordon ^c,d,e   Burianova, Hana ^c,d   Hongwanishkul, Donaya ^c   Grady, Cheryl L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Emotion; Faces; fMRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; RESPONSE TIME; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AWARENESS; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERSONALITY; SEMANTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33748989001     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.21.3.558     Document Type: Article

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