Intentional suppression of unwanted memories grows more difficult as we age.

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Psychology and Aging

• Publication date

  2011-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/a0022505PMID 21443352
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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