The role of executive functions in psychiatric disorders

The Neuropsychology of Mental Illness

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 117-137

  Testa, Renée ^a   Pantelis, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511642197.012     Document Type: Chapter

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