Journal of Aging Science

Dr, Department of Psychology, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand

Biography

Ted Ruffman is working in the department of Psychology of University of Otago located in Dunedin of country Newzealand. Dr had published many articles that are read many readers.

Publications

• Mini Review   
  What Causes Age-Related Emotion Recognition Decline?
  Author(s): Ted Ruffman*
  
  Older adults ≥( 60 years) are worse than young adult<s 3( 0 years) recognizing facial, bodily, auditory and musi cal emotion expressions. I ask what causes these difficulties and run through five theories: (1) a positivity bias, (2) general cognitive decline, (3) a failure to look at the eyes, (4) stimuli with low ecological validity, and (5) brain change. I argue that brain change is the most likely cause, although currently there have still been only a few studies to examine this idea, and further, it is not clear what pattern of brain activation might be examined to differentiate young and older adults. .. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2329-8847.20.S3.004

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