Decline of executive processes affects the identification of emotional facial expressions in aging

Current Aging Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-75

  García Rodríguez, Beatriz ^a,f   Fusari, Anna ^a   Fernández Guinea, Sara ^b,f   Frank, Ana ^c,f   Molina, José Antonio ^d   Ellgring, Heiner ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ IDIPAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Emotional facial expressions identification; Emotional processing; Healthy aging; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL FACIAL EXPRESSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 79958775218     PISSN: 18746098     EISSN: 18746128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874609811104010070     Document Type: Article

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