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Cognitive aging psychology — significant advances, challenges, and training issues
Author(s)	Douglas A Hershey, Misty L Boyd, Kendra M Coutant
Journal title	Educational Gerontology, vol 25, no 4, June 1999
Pages	pp 349-364
Keywords	Mental ageing ; Cognitive processes ; Students ; Research ; University education ; Training [welfare work] ; United States of America.
Annotation	This study reports the results of a brief survey focusing on past accomplishments and future challenges facing the specialised field of cognitive ageing. The survey was posted to 90 senior cognitive developmental psychologists. 36 respondents were asked to identify: significant advances in the field that have occurred in the past half-century; challenges that face those working in the field; and important context areas that should be dealt with when training young researchers who plan to enter the field. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-990721212 A
Classmark	D6: DA: XN: 3A: V7M: QW: 7T
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