Cognitive reserve and its implications for rehabilitation and Alzheimer’s disease

Giulia Liberati1, Antonino Raffone1, Marta Olivetti Belardinelli1,2
1Interuniversity Centre for Research on Cognitive Processing in Natural and Artificial Systems (ECONA), IT, Rome, Italy
2Department of Psychology, University “Sapienza” of Rome, Rome, Italy

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