Age-related differences in valence and arousal ratings of pictures from the International Affective Picture System (LAPS): Do ratings become more extreme with age?

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 512-521

  Grühn, Daniel ^a   Scheibe, Susanne ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGING; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RECOGNITION; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGING; AROUSAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 48149102180     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BRM.40.2.512     Document Type: Article

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