Further evidence that not all executive functions are equal

Advances in Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 399-407

  Was, Christopher ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive functions; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951926116     PISSN: 18951171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10053-008-0004-5     Document Type: Article

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