Knowledge and Cognitive Aging

The Handbook of Aging and Cognition: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 445-489

  Ackerman, Phillip L ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203837665-14     Document Type: Chapter

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