Activities and Programs That Improve Children’s Executive Functions

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Current Directions in Psychological Science

• Publication date

  2012-10-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Education, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1177/0963721412453722PMID 25328287PMCID PMC4200392
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