Executive Cognitive Functioning and Aggression: Is It an Issue of Impulsivity?

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-30

  Hoaken, Peter N S ^a   Shaughnessy, Valerie K ^b   Pihl, R O ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Executive cognitive function; Impulsivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037261799     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.10023     Document Type: Article

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