Behavioral and neural representation of emotional facial expressions across the lifespan

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 408-428

  Somerville, Leah H ^a   Fani, Negar ^b   McClure Tone, Erin B ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS;

EID: 79956216199     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2010.549865     Document Type: Article

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