Age-related changes in processing positive and negative feedback: Is there a positivity effect for older adults?

Biological Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 235-241

  Ferdinand, Nicola K ^a   Kray, Jutta ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Event related potentials; Feedback processing; Positivity effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL TASK; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; WORKING MEMORY;

AGING; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK PROCESSING; POSITIVITY EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BRAIN MAPPING; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883018426     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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