Effects of Age on Cross-Modal Emotion Perception

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 779-787

  Hunter, Edyta Monika ^a,b   Phillips, Louise H ^a,b   MacPherson, Sarah E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Emotion perception; Multisensory integration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650974735     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020528     Document Type: Article

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