Aging and goal-directed emotional attention: distraction reverses emotional biases.

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Emotion

• Publication date

  2007-11-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/1528-3542.7.4.705PMID 18039037
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