Brain responses to emotional images related to cognitive ability in older adults

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 179-190

  Foster, Shannon M ^a   Davis, Hasker P ^a   Kisley, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Emotion; Negativity bias; Positivity effect

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84881241638     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030928     Document Type: Article

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