Negative arousal increases the effects of stimulus salience in older adults

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 259-271

  Sutherland, Matthew R ^a   Mather, Mara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; AROUSAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AROUSAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929613323     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0361073X.2015.1021644     Document Type: Article

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