The Malleability of Age-Related Positive Gaze Preferences: Training To Change Gaze and Mood

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-100

  Isaacowitz, Derek M ^a   Choi, YoonSun ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Attentional training; Emotion; Fixation; Gaze preferences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952843384     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021551     Document Type: Article

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