Emotion Perception Explains Age-Related Differences in the Perception of Social Gaffes

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 133-136

  Halberstadt, Jamin ^a   Ruffman, Ted ^a   Murray, Janice ^a   Taumoepeau, Mele ^a   Ryan, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aging; Emotion recognition; Faux pas; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFICE WORKER; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953133520     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021366     Document Type: Article

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