Cognitive gerontology and attentional inhibition: A reply to Burke and McDowd

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1997, Pages

  Zacks, Rose ^a   Hasher, Lynn ^a  

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ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GERONTOLOGY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031454084     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/52B.6.P274     Document Type: Article

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