Sustained attention and the frontal lobes

Methodology of Frontal and Executive Function

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 132-150

  Manly, Tom ^a   Robertson, Ian H ^b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85069197073     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203344187-10     Document Type: Chapter

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