Is cognitive aging all downhill? Current theory versus reality: Essay review of the handbook of aging and cognition (2nd edition)

Human Development

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 288-295

  MacKay, Donald G ^a   James, Lori E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0042909098     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000057068     Document Type: Review

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