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Derek M Isaacowitz1, Kaitlin Toner, Shevaun D Neupert.
Abstract
Older adults show positive preferences in their gaze toward emotional faces, and such preferences appear to be activated when older adults are in bad moods. This suggests that age-related gaze preferences serve a mood regulatory role, but whether they actually function to improve mood over time has yet to be tested. We investigated links between fixation and mood change in younger and older adults, as well as the moderating role of attentional functioning. AgexFixationxAttentional Functioning interactions emerged such that older adults with better executive functioning were able to resist mood declines by showing positive gaze preferences. Implications for the function of age-related positive gaze preferences are discussed. PsycINFO Database Record Copyright (c) 2009 APA, all rights reservedEntities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 20025412 PMCID: PMC2827813 DOI: 10.1037/a0017706
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Psychol Aging ISSN: 0882-7974