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Experimental Aging Research
An International Journal Devoted to the Scientific Study of the Aging Process
Volume 30, 2004 - Issue 1
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Executive Functioning and Judgment-of-Learning versus Feeling-of-Knowing in Older Adults

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Pages 47-62 | Received 01 May 2002, Accepted 01 Apr 2003, Published online: 17 Aug 2010

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