Cognitive strategy variations during aging

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 363-369

  Lemaire, Patrick ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

cognitive aging; problem solving; strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650339830     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721410390354     Document Type: Article

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