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P1‐226: Cognitive debt is associated with cognitive ability in adolescence: Findings from the imagen cohort
Author(s) -
Marchant Natalie L.,
Koukounari Artemis,
Watkins Edward R.,
Simmons Andy,
Howard Robert J.,
Schumann Gunter
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2015.06.426
Subject(s) - psychology , anxiety , clinical psychology , neuroticism , cognition , wechsler adult intelligence scale , psychiatry , personality , social psychology
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