Interpretation of emotionally ambiguous faces in older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Bucks, Romola S ^a   Garner, Matthew ^b   Tarrant, Louise ^b   Bradley, Brendan P ^b   Mogg, Karin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Emotion recognition; Facial emotion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MOOD; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 57749192935     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/63.6.P337     Document Type: Article

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