Behavioral neuroscience of emotion in aging

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages 51-66

  Kaszniak, Alfred W ^a   Menchola, Marisa ^a,b  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Emotion; Neuroscience; Socioemotional selectivity

Indexed keywords

AGING; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EMOTION ASSESSMENT; EMOTIONALITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; NEUROSCIENCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STIMULATION; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; NEUROSCIENCES;

EID: 84870546237     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2011_163     Document Type: Article

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