Age differences in learning and the question of preexperimental interference

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 683-692

  Finken, Laura L ^a   Babcock, Reneè L ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 21444440835     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0360127960220705     Document Type: Article

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