The relationships between episodic memory, working memory, and executive functions: The contribution of the prefrontal cortex

Psychologica Belgica

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 275-297

  Van Der Linden, Martial ^a,b,d   Meulemans, Thierry ^a   Marczewski, Philippe ^a,c   Collette, Fabienne ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

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EID: 0034563861     PISSN: 00332879     EISSN: 2054670X     Source Type: Journal    
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