Greater sadness reactivity in late life

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 186-194

  Seider, Benjamin H ^a   Shiota, Michelle N ^b   Whalen, Patrick ^a   Levenson, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Emotion; Physiology; Sadness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMOTION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954583941     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsq069     Document Type: Article

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