Being slower, feeling older? Experimentally induced cognitive aging experiences have limited impact on subjective age
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Ageing
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1613-9372,1613-9380
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-016-0400-5