Age differences in memory for emotional messages: Do older people always remember the positive?

Ageing International

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-262

  Fung, Helene H ^a   Tang, Lilian Y T ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84967004445     PISSN: 01635158     EISSN: 1936606X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12126-005-1014-y     Document Type: Article

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