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Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition
A Journal on Normal and Dysfunctional Development
Volume 27, 2020 - Issue 5
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Original Article

Age-related changes in the allocation of spatially directed focal attention

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Pages 748-764 | Received 26 Mar 2019, Accepted 24 Sep 2019, Published online: 15 Oct 2019

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