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  1. Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto University, 1791 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto, CA, 94304-1337, USA

    Rowena Gomez & Garima Jhingon

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Gomez, R., Jhingon, G. (2017). Depression and Cognition. In: Pachana, N.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Geropsychology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-082-7_361

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