When age matters: Developmental perspectives on "cognition and emotion"

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 957-967

  Isaacowitz, Derek M ^a   Riediger, Michaela ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DEATH; EMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

COGNITION; EMOTIONS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS;

EID: 80052450202     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2011.561575     Document Type: Article

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