Effects of aging on mnemonic discrimination of emotional information

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 539-547

  Leal, Stephanie L ^a,b   Yassa, Michael A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Emotion; Hippocampus; Interference; Memory; Pattern separation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROMODULATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT; ATTENTION; EMOTION; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924615179     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/bne0000011     Document Type: Article

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