Effects of early psychosocial deprivation on the development of memory and executive function

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue SEP, 2009, Pages

  Bos, Karen J ^a   Fox, Nathan ^b   Zeanah, Charles H ^c   Nelson III, Charles A ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive functioning; Institutional care; Memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890447285     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.08.016.2009     Document Type: Article

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