New indices of planning abilities using the Tower of London task

The Quantified Process Approach to Neuropsychological Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 225-248

  Berg, W Keith ^a   Byrd, Dana L ^b   McNamara, Joseph P H ^a   MacDonald, Christine A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84918856817     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203720899     Document Type: Chapter

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