Frontal lobe functioning in man: The riddle revisited

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 663-682

  Della Sala, Sergio ^a   Gray, Colin ^a   Spinnler, Hans ^a   Trivelli, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST;

EID: 0032213689     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-6177(97)00093-0     Document Type: Article

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