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Experimental Aging Research
An International Journal Devoted to the Scientific Study of the Aging Process
Volume 37, 2011 - Issue 5
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The Contribution of Set Switching and Working Memory to Sentence Processing in Older Adults

Mira Goral Department of Speech–Language–Hearing Sciences, Lehman College, and The Graduate School and University Center, The City University of New York, New York, USA; Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Manuella Clark-Cotton Department of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Avron Spiro III Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center (MAVERIC), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Loraine K. Obler The Graduate School and University Center, the City University of New York, New York, USA; Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Medical Research Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Jay Verkuilen The Graduate School and University Center, the City University of New York, New York, USA
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Martin L. Albert Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Medical Research Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pages 516-538 | Received 05 Mar 2009, Accepted 24 Apr 2010, Published online: 17 Nov 2011

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