Training theory of mind and executive control: A tool for improving school achievement?

Mind, Brain, and Education

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 122-127

  Kloo, Daniela ^a   Perner, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

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EID: 65349116630     PISSN: 17512271     EISSN: 1751228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-228X.2008.00042.x     Document Type: Review

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