Aging, culture, and cognition

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages

  Park, Denise C ^a   Nisbett, Richard ^a   Hedden, Trey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032911201     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/54B.2.P75     Document Type: Review

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