Comparing the Imagery Use of Older and Younger Adult Exercisers

Imagination, Cognition and Personality

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-67

  Milne, Marcia I ^a   Burke, Shauna M ^a   Hall, Craig ^a   Nederhof, Esther ^b   Gammage, Kimberley L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 35949003084     PISSN: 02762366     EISSN: 15414477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AJ75-VWT3-9XHM-UJDW     Document Type: Article

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