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Madden, D., Allen, P.A. (2015). History of Cognitive Slowing Theory and Research. In: Pachana, N. (eds) Encyclopedia of Geropsychology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-080-3_96-1
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