Schools can be desegregated
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Relationships Among Education, Age, and Cognitive Functioning in Older African Americans: The Impact of Desegregation
The current study sought to examine whether there were differences in the structure of specific cognitive abilities and their association with age and education in a sample of African American elders with two different early educational experiences. The study was conducted with a sample of 197 community dwelling older adults ranging in age from 50 to 79 years (mean age1⁄4 61.50 years, SD1⁄4 7.3...
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