Open AccessBoth Younger and Older Adults Have Difficulty Updating Emotional Memories
Author(s) -
Kaoru Nashiro,
Michiko Sakaki,
Derek J. Huffman,
Mara Mather
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbs039
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology
The main purpose of the study was to examine whether emotion impairs associative memory for previously seen items in older adults, as previously observed in younger adults.
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