Age similarities in recognizing threat from faces and diagnostic cues

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 710-718

  Boshyan, Jasmine ^a   Zebrowitz, Leslie A ^a   Franklin Jr , Robert G ^a   McCormick, Cheryl M ^b   Carré, Justin M ^c  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Aging; Attractiveness; Facial masculinity; Facial width to height ratio; Trait impressions

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGGRESSION; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTRACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL MASCULINITY; FACIAL WIDTH-TO-HEIGHT RATIO; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRAIT IMPRESSIONS.; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCURACY; AGING; ATTRACTIVENESS; FACIAL MASCULINITY; FACIAL WIDTH-TO-HEIGHT RATIO; TRAIT IMPRESSIONS.;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRESSION; CUES; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886267984     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbt054     Document Type: Article

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