Positivity effect in healthy aging in observational but not active feedback-learning

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 402-420

  Bellebaum, Christian ^a   Rustemeier, Martina ^a   Daum, Irene ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Feedback; Learning; Observation; Positivity effect

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860010180     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2011.629289     Document Type: Article

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