Age and cortisol levels modulate judgment of positive and negative facial expressions

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 827-835

  Feeney, Joanne ^a   Gaffney, Peter ^b   O'Mara, Shane M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aging; Cortisol; Emotion judgment; Facial expression; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SALIVA LEVEL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGING; ALGORITHMS; ANGER; ANXIETY; AREA UNDER CURVE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SALIVA; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859846548     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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