The differentiation of executive functioning across development: Insights from developmental cognitive neuroscience

New Perspectives on Human Development

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 47-66

  Bardikoff, Nicole ^a   Sabbagh, Mark ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781316282755.005     Document Type: Chapter

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