Age-Related Changes in Emotion Recognition: How, Why, and How Much of a Problem?

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 287-295

  Charles, Susan T ^a   Campos, Belinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult development; Aging; Emotion recognition; Emotion regulation; Facial recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053938780     PISSN: 01915886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10919-011-0117-2     Document Type: Article

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