The frontal lobe: Executive, emotional, and neurological functions

Neuropsychological Research: A Review

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 379-408

  Eslinger, Paul J ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203938904     Document Type: Chapter

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