Neural mechanisms of reading facial emotions in young and older adults

The ability to read and appropriately respond to emotions in others is central for successful social interaction. Young and older adults are better at identifying positive than negative facial expressions and expressions of young than older faces. Little, however, is known about the neural process...

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Main Authors: Natalie Christina Ebner, Marcia K. Johnson, Håkan eFischer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00223/full