Executive Function and Cognitive Aging

Handbook of the Psychology of Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 59-72

  Luszcz, Mary ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84882920340     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-380882-0.00004-8     Document Type: Chapter

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