Age-related decrease in recognition of emotional facial and prosodic expressions

Emotion

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 529-539

  Lena, Lambrecht ^a   Kreifelts, Benjamin ^a   Wildgruber, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Emotion; Hearing; Integration; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; MALE; PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION; VISUAL ACUITY; WORKING MEMORY; AGED; AGING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867348391     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026827     Document Type: Article

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