Effects of emotion on memory specificity in young and older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Kensinger, Elizabeth A ^a,c   Garoff Eaton, Rachel J ^b   Schacter, Daniel L ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c McGuinn Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LONG TERM MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548658029     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.4.P208     Document Type: Article

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