The Prefrontal Cortex and Executive Brain Functions

Fundamental Neuroscience: Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1069-1089

  Miller, Earl K ^a   Wallis, Jonathan D ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385870-2.00050-0     Document Type: Chapter

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