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Happily Distracted: Mood and a Benefit of Attention Dysregulation in Older Adults

Positive mood states are believed to broaden the focus of attention in younger adults, but it is unclear whether the same is true for older adults. Here we examined one consequence of broader attention that has been shown in young adults: that memory for distraction is greater for those in a positiv...

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Autores principales: Biss, Renée K., Weeks, Jennifer C., Hasher, Lynn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3498895/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23162488
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00399