Task-unrelated-thought frequency as a function of age: a laboratory study.

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• Publication year

  1989

• Venue

  Psychology and Aging

• Publication date

  1989-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1037/0882-7974.4.2.136PMID 2789741
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