Changing Role of the Speed of Processing Construct in the Cognitive Psychology of Human Aging

Handbook of the Psychology of Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 183-207

  Hartley, Alan ^a  

^a SCRIPPS COLLEGE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012101264-9/50012-4     Document Type: Chapter

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