Preferences for Emotional Information in Older and Younger Adults: A Meta-Analysis of Memory and Attention Tasks

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 263-286

  Murphy, Nora A ^a   Isaacowitz, Derek M ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; emotion; memory; older adults

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BOOTSTRAPPING; COGNITION; EMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEMORY; RECALL; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 46849110131     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.23.2.263     Document Type: Article

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