The performance of schizophrenic and depressed subjects on tests of fluency: Support for a compromise in dorsolateral prefrontal functioning

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 204-209

  Crowe, Simon F ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0030298815     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050069608260207     Document Type: Article

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