The Source of the Positivity Bias in Older Adults' Emotional Memory
According to socioemotional selectivity theory (SST), old age is associated with a greater emphasis on self-regulation of emotional states, a focus that fosters a bias in processing positively valenced material in older adults. There is disagreement, however, about whether the “positivity bias” sug...
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| Language: | en |
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2007
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10012/3055 |