Emotion and aging: Evidence from brain and behavior

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Ebner, Natalie C ^a   Fischer, Håkan ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age of face effects; Brain behavior links; Cognition emotion interactions; Emotion regulation; Emotional aging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906515698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00996     Document Type: Article

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