The central executive: A concept and some misconceptions

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 523-526

  Baddeley, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central executive; Dysexecutive syndrome; Frontal lobe syndrome; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0031683899     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135561779800513X     Document Type: Article

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