Neurocognitive aging and the compensation hypothesis

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 177-182

  Reuter Lorenz, Patricia A ^a   Cappell, Katherine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Dedifferentiation; Plasticity; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 45349102064     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2008.00570.x     Document Type: Review

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