Emotional stroop performance in older adults: Effects of habitual worry

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 798-805

  Price, Rebecca B ^a,b   Siegle, Greg ^b   Mohlman, Jan ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; attention; emotional stroop; generalized anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; SELF REPORT; STROOP TEST;

EID: 84865735950     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e318230340d     Document Type: Article

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