Assessment of complex mental activity across the lifespan: development of the Lifetime of Experiences Questionnaire (LEQ).

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Published in Psychol Med on November 20, 2006

Authors

Michael J Valenzuela1, Perminder Sachdev

Author Affiliations

1: School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, The Neuropsychiatric Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW, Australia. michaelv@unsw.edu.au

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