Aging and emotion recognition: Not just a losing matter

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 940-950

  Sze, Jocelyn A ^a   Goodkind, Madeleine S ^b,c   Gyurak, Anett ^c   Levenson, Robert W ^d  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Emotion Recognition; Empathic Accuracy; Social Interaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874463955     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029367     Document Type: Article

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