Development and assessment of executive function: From preschool to adolescence

Executive Functions and the Frontal Lobes: A Lifespan Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 123-154

  Anderson, Vicki ^a   Anderson, Peter J ^a   Jacobs, Rani ^a   Smith, Megan Spencer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203837863     Document Type: Chapter

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