Age-related differences in sensitivity to emotional facial stimuli but age-independent association between arousal ratings and visual search efficiency

Psihologijske Teme

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 271-286

  Lundqvist, Daniel ^a   Svärd, Joakim ^a   Fischer, Håkan ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Emotion; Facial stimuli; Visual attention; Visual search

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890179586     PISSN: 13320742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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