Conceptualization and Operationalization of Executive Function

Mind, Brain, and Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 10-33

  Baggetta, Peter ^a   Alexander, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84958234705     PISSN: 17512271     EISSN: 1751228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mbe.12100     Document Type: Article

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