Temperament and character correlates of neuropsychological performance

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-138

  Cassimjee, Nafisa ^a   Murphy, Raegan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Character; Executive functioning; Neuropsychology; Personality; Psychobiological theory; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956361360     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/008124631004000202     Document Type: Article

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