Generative reasoning as influenced by depression, aging, stereotype threat, and prejudice

Cognitive limitations in Aging and Psychopathology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 377-401

  von Hecker, Ulrich ^a   Sedek, Grzegorz ^b   Piber Dabrowska, Kinga ^b   Bedynska, Sylwia ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511720413.015     Document Type: Chapter

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