Arithmetic and aging: Impact of quantitative knowledge and processing speed

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 452-458

  Rozencwajg, Paulette ^a   Schaeffer, Olivier ^b   Lefebvre, Virginie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Arithmetic; CHC model; Processing speed; Quantitative knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956297769     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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