Improved Processing Speed: Online Computer-based Cognitive Training in Older Adults

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 445-458

  Simpson, Tamara ^a   Camfield, David ^a   Pipingas, Andrew ^a   Macpherson, Helen ^a   Stough, Con ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 84860292693     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601277.2011.559858     Document Type: Article

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