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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wetzel, Kathryn C.
Mind games: the aging brain and how to keep it healthy / by Kathryn C.
Wetzel and Kathleen M. Harmeyer.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7668-1280-4
1. Cognition—Age factors. 2. Memory—Age factors. 3. Human informa-
tion processing—Age factors. 4. Aging—Psychological aspects. I. Harmeyer,
Kathleen M. II. Title.
BF724.55.C63 W48 1999
155.67'13—dc21 99-39159