Cognitive ageing: A positive perspective

The Paradoxical Brain

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 130-150

  Zimerman, Shira ^a   Hasher, Lynn ^b   Goldstein, David ^b  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511978098.009     Document Type: Chapter

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