The Effect of Valence on Young and Older Adults' Attention in a Rapid Serial Visual Presentation Task

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 239-245

  Mickley Steinmetz, Katherine R ^a   Muscatell, Keely A ^b   Kensinger, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Emotion; Positivity effect; Valence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SERIAL LEARNING; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950223715     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018297     Document Type: Article

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