Weakened links between mind and body in older age: The case for maturational dualism in the experience of emotion

Emotion Review

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 240-244

  Mendes, Wendy Berry ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; emotion experience; interoception; maturation; psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954730536     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073910364149     Document Type: Review

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