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  1. Department of Psychology, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA

    Chelsea Sanders, Joshua M. Matyi & JoAnn Tschanz

  2. Center for Epidemiologic Studies, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA

    JoAnn Tschanz

  3. Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA

    Aaron Andersen

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Sanders, C., Matyi, J.M., Tschanz, J., Andersen, A. (2018). Alzheimer’s Dementia. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_489

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