Social and nonsocial functions of rostral prefrontal cortex: Implications for education

Mind, Brain, and Education

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 148-156

  Gilbert, Sam J ^a   Burgess, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 63449136761     PISSN: 17512271     EISSN: 1751228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-228X.2008.00046.x     Document Type: Article

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