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Experimental Aging Research
An International Journal Devoted to the Scientific Study of the Aging Process
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Original Articles

Age- and Gender-Related Variations of Emotion Recognition in Pseudowords and Faces

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Pages 187-207 | Received 16 Oct 2012, Accepted 06 Mar 2013, Published online: 13 Mar 2014

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