The decline of cognitive processing speed in old age

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 163-169

  Bashore, Theodore R ^a,b   Ridderinkhof, K Richard ^c   Van Der Molen, Maurits W ^c  

^a MOSS REHABILITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0031283878     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.ep10772944     Document Type: Article

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