Aging and numerosity estimation

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Lemaire, Patrick ^a   Lecacheur, Mireille ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 37349004077     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.6.P305     Document Type: Article

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