Emotional faces in context: Age differences in recognition accuracy and scanning patterns

Emotion

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 238-249

  Noh, Soo Rim ^a,b   Isaacowitz, Derek M ^a,c  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Duksung Women's University   (South Korea)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Context; Emotion recognition; Facial expressions; Gaze patterns

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ANGER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISGUST; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; EYE MOVEMENT; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GAZE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RECOGNITION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EMOTIONS; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881090907     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030234     Document Type: Article

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