Emotion and executive functioning: The effect of normal mood states on fluency tasks

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 225-230

  Carvalho, Janessa O ^a   Ready, Rebecca E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Executive functioning; Lateralization; Negative affect; Positive affect

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77951230487     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390902902458     Document Type: Article

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