The Cognitive Consequences of Structural Changes to the Aging Brain

Handbook of the Psychology of Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 73-91

  Rodrigue, Karen M ^a   Kennedy, Kristen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-380882-0.00005-X     Document Type: Chapter

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