Memory training for older adults with low education: Mental images versus categorization

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 890-905

  da Silva, Henrique Salmazo ^a   Yassuda, Mônica Sanches ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 74849097558     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270902782487     Document Type: Article

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