Age-related changes in attentional control across adolescence: How does this impact emotion regulation capacities?

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Kadosh, Kathrin Cohen ^a   Heathcote, Lauren C ^a   Lau, Jennifer Y F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anxiety; Attention; Cognitive development; Emotion regulation; Emotional expressions; Face processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897613114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00111     Document Type: Article

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