Looking while unhappy: Mood-congruent gaze in young adults, positive gaze in older adults

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 848-853

  Isaacowitz, Derek M ^a   Toner, Kaitlin ^a   Goren, Deborah ^b   Wilson, Hugh R ^c  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; EYE FIXATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54049116362     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02167.x     Document Type: Article

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