An emotional bias in processing facial expressions: similarities and differences across age

Previous research indicates that young adults (aged 18-30) tend to exhibit a negativity bias such that they enhance processing of negative emotional stimuli compared to neutral stimuli. Because of age-differences in emotion regulatory goals, older adults (aged 60+) often exhibit enhanced processi...

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Main Author: Hilimire, Matthew R.
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22605