Cognitive and GMA testing in the European community: Issues and evidence

Human Performance

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 75-96

  Salgado, Jesús F ^a   Anderson, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036277419     PISSN: 08959285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327043hup1501&02_05     Document Type: Review

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