Adult aging and executive functioning

Executive Functions and the Frontal Lobes: A Lifespan Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 57-79

  Phillips, Louise H ^a   Henry, Julie D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84920811793     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203837863     Document Type: Chapter

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