Mood Regulation in Real Time: Age Differences in the Role of Looking

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 237-242

  Isaacowitz, Derek M ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; attention; emotion; eye tracking; mood regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864384848     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721412448651     Document Type: Article

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