Language, aging, and Inhibitory Deficits: Evaluation of a theory

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1997, Pages

  Burke, Deborah M ^a  

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AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COGNITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; NEUROANATOMY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; THEORY;

EID: 0031452307     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/52B.6.P254     Document Type: Article

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