Interdependent self-construal moderates the age-related negativity reduction effect in memory and visual attention

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 321-329

  Fung, Helene H ^a   Isaacowitz, Derek M ^b   Lu, Alice Y ^a   Li, Tianyuan ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Emotion; Eye tracking; Memory; Positivity effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; VISION; ADOLESCENT; AGING; ATTENTION; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; INFORMATION SEEKING; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953950184     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019079     Document Type: Article

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