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42 - Aging and Expertise

from Part VII - General Issues and Theoretical Frameworks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2018

K. Anders Ericsson
Affiliation:
Florida State University
Robert R. Hoffman
Affiliation:
Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
Aaron Kozbelt
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Brooklyn College, City University of New York
A. Mark Williams
Affiliation:
University of Utah
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