Age differences in affective forecasting and experienced emotion surrounding the 2008 US presidential election

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1029-1044

  Scheibe, Susanne ^a   Mata, Rui ^a   Carstensen, Laura L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective forecasting; Ageing; Arousal; Emotional reactivity; Valence

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTION; EMOTION; EXCITEMENT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AROUSAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052488438     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2010.545543     Document Type: Article

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