Frontal Lobe Function in Childhood and Adolescence: A Heuristic for AsseSsing Attention Regulation, Executive Control, and the Intentional States Important for Social Discourse

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 327-358

  Dennis, Maureen ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

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EID: 84963158847     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: 15326942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565649109540497     Document Type: Article

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