Developmental relationship between executive function and the prefrontal cortex in young children

Prefrontal Cortex: Developmental Differences, Executive and Cognitive Functions and Role in Neurological Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 155-174

  Moriguchi, Yusuke ^a   Hiraki, Kazuo ^b  

^a JOETSU UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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