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THEORETICAL INNOVATIONS: REDEFINING AND ASSESSING EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS

It’s about time: The role of temporal variability in improving assessment of executive functioning

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Pages 619-642 | Received 01 Jul 2019, Accepted 03 Dec 2019, Published online: 26 Dec 2019

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