Selection, Optimization, and Compensation as Developmental Mechanisms of Adaptive Resource Allocation. Review and Preview

Handbook of the Psychology of Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 289-313

  Riediger, Michaela ^a   Li, Shu Chen ^a   Lindenberger, Ulman ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012101264-9/50016-1     Document Type: Chapter

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