Categorization deficit in old age: Reality or artefact?

Journal of Adult Development

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Pennequin, Valérie ^a,d   Fontaine, Roger ^a   Bonthoux, Françoise ^b   Scheuner, Nelly ^b   Blaye, Agnès ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d Departement de Psychologie   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Categorization; Taxonomic relations; Thematic relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749025031     PISSN: 10680667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10804-006-9000-5     Document Type: Article

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