Cognitive Consequences of Expressive Regulation in Older Adults

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 388-396

  Emery, Lisa ^a,b   Hess, Thomas M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Emotion regulation; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COGNITION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959311112     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020041     Document Type: Article

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