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Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition
A Journal on Normal and Dysfunctional Development
Volume 18, 2011 - Issue 5
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Age-related changes in the appreciation of novel metaphoric semantic relations

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Pages 527-543 | Received 17 Sep 2010, Accepted 16 Mar 2011, Published online: 05 Aug 2011

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