Biased Recognition of Positive Faces in Aging and Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-15

  Werheid, Katja ^a   Gruno, Maria ^a   Kathmann, Norbert ^a   Fischer, Håkan ^b   Almkvist, Ove ^c   Winblad, Bengt ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b AGING RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emotion; Facial expression; False recognition; Gist based memory; MCI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPEECH ARTICULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMNESIA; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950215347     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018358     Document Type: Article

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