Differential Effects of Emotional Information on Interference Task Performance across the Life Span

While functioning in multiple domains declines with age, emotional regulation appears to remain preserved in older adults. The Emotion Inhibition (Emotional Stroop) Test requires participants to name the ink color in which neutrally- and emotionally-valenced words are printed. It was employed in the...

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Main Authors: Haley M LaMonica, Richard S E Keefe, Philip D Harvey, James M Gold, Terry E Goldberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2010.00141/full