You Never Lose the Ages You've Been: Affective Perspective Taking in Older Adults

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 229-234

  Sullivan, Sarah J ^a   Mikels, Joseph A ^b   Carstensen, Laura L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Perspective taking; Positivity effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PERCEPTION; THINKING;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PREJUDICE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77950233399     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018383     Document Type: Article

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