Logic in the study of psychiatric disorders: Executive function and rule-following

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Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-114

  Stenning, Keith ^a   Van Lambalgen, Michiel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ADHD; Autism; Executive function; Non monotonic logic

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248395624     PISSN: 01677411     EISSN: 15728749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11245-006-9012-6     Document Type: Article

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