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Editorial| Volume 30, ISSUE 2, P195-196, February 2022

Less Anxiety, Better Learning, More Studies

  • Tarek K. Rajji
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    Department of Psychiatry & Toronto Dementia Research Alliance, University of Toronto, Canada Research Chair in Neurostimulation for Cognitive Disorders, Adult Neurodevelopment and Geriatric Psychiatry Division, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON M6J 1H4
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Published:June 23, 2021DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2021.06.012
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        Alleviated anxiety boosts memory training gain in older adults with subjective memory complaints: a randomized controlled trial.
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      Article info

      Publication history

      Published online: June 23, 2021
      Accepted: June 17, 2021
      Received in revised form: June 15, 2021
      Received: June 14, 2021

      Footnotes

      The data has not been previously presented orally or by poster at scientific meetings.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2021.06.012

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      © 2021 American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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