Aging, memory, and comprehension

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 49-53

  Radvansky, Gabriel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Comprehension; Memory; Situation models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033454567     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00012     Document Type: Article

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