Neural Processing of Emotional Prosody across the Adult Lifespan

Table 1

Demographics and neuropsychology.

	Young adults (18–35 yrs; )	Middle-aged adults (36–55 yrs; )	Older adults (>55 yrs; )
Age	26.62 (3.48)	47.26 (4.86)	61.33 (5.75)
Females (%)	52	53	40
Right-handed (%)	100	96	100
Years of education	17.29 (1.79)	14.68 (3.45)	11.53 (2.72)
BDI^1	1.14 (1.88)	2.56 (2.64)	3.20 (2.76)
PANAS^2	19.17 (6.63)	13.47 (5.36)	17.27 (10.03)
Movies’ rating	3.5 (0.55)	3.77 (0.83)	3.26 (0.56)
TBV^3	1.60 (0.17)	1.53 (0.13)	1.47 (0.09)

Notes. ¹Beck Depression Inventory; ²Positive Affect and Negative Affect Scale (global score); ³total Brain Volume; yrs = years of age. Means (standard deviations) or percentages (%) are presented. Stars () indicate significant difference between groups ().