Cognitive processes of verbal fluency tasks

The Quantified Process Approach to Neuropsychological Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 143-160

  Troyer, Angela K ^a   Moscovitch, Morris ^b  

^a BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84918921576     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203720899     Document Type: Chapter

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