Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 528-529 , April 2009

“When does age-related cognitive decline begin?” Salthouse again reifies the “cross-sectional fallacy”

Received 17 November 2008 ,Accepted 16 December 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.12.012

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 528-529 , April 2009