Chapter 8 Problem solving, inhibition, and frontal lobe function

Advances in Psychology

Volumn 125, Issue C, 1998, Pages 395-448

  Dorfman, Jennifer ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 77956752885     PISSN: 01664115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4115(98)80010-1     Document Type: Article

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