An attentional perspective on successful socioemotional aging: Theory and preliminary evidence

Successful Aging: A Special Issue of Research in Human Development

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 115-132

  Isaacowitz, Derek M ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 58849132451     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315799339-3     Document Type: Chapter

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