Aging and strategy switch costs: A study in arithmetic problem solving

Annee Psychologique

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 345-360

  Ardiale, Eléonore ^a   Hodzik, Suzane ^a   Lemaire, Patrick ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

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EID: 84864834746     PISSN: 00035033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4074/S0003503312003028     Document Type: Article

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