Are item-level strategy shifts abrupt and collective? Age differences in cognitive skill acquisition

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 781-786

  Touron, Dayna R ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847648383     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193997     Document Type: Review

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