Visuospatial over verbal demands in predicting Tower of London planning tasks

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-116

  Cheetham, J Marcus ^a   Rahm, Benjamin ^b   Kaller, Christoph Philipp ^c   Unterrainer, Josef M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84855524691     PISSN: 00071268     EISSN: 20448325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8295.2011.02049.x     Document Type: Article

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