Performance and perceptions of workload among young and older adults: Effects of practice during cognitively demanding tasks

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 447-466

  Tomporowski, Phillip D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 0038119617     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713844359     Document Type: Article

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