Keep Your Brain Fit! A Psychoeducational Training Program for Healthy Cognitive Aging: A Feasibility Study

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 613-620

  Reijnders, Jennifer ^a   van Heugten, Caroline ^a   van Boxtel, Martin ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84929946651     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601277.2015.1024554     Document Type: Article

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