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Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition
A Journal on Normal and Dysfunctional Development
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Original Article

The impacts of task relevance and cognitive load on adults’ decision information search

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Pages 78-96 | Received 23 Mar 2019, Accepted 01 Jan 2020, Published online: 11 Jan 2020

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