Effects of Aging and Encoding Instructions on Emotion-Induced Memory Trade-Offs

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 781-795

  Kensinger, Elizabeth A ^a   Gutchess, Angela H ^b   Schacter, Daniel L ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; central; emotion; peripheral; scenes; trade off

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; OBJECT RELATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 38649116905     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.22.4.781     Document Type: Article

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