Flexible and adaptive socio-emotional problem solving in adult development and aging

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 539-550

  Blanchard Fields, Fredda ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULTHOOD; AGING; ATTENTION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW; SKILL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGING; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 70350510081     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-2009-0516     Document Type: Review

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