Connecting the many levels and facets of cognitive aging

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 38-43

  Li, Shu Chen ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catecholaminergic modulation; Cognitive aging; Cortical representation; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036001716     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00164     Document Type: Article

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