Putative tests of frontal lobe function: a PET-study of brain activation during Stroop's Test and verbal fluency

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Putative tests of frontal lobe function: a PET-study of brain activation during Stroop's Test and verbal fluency. / Ravnkilde, Barbara; Videbech, Poul; Rosenberg, Raben; Gjedde, Albert; Gade, Anders.

In: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, Vol. 24, No. 4, 2002, p. 534-47.

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Harvard

Ravnkilde, B, Videbech, P, Rosenberg, R, Gjedde, A & Gade, A 2002, 'Putative tests of frontal lobe function: a PET-study of brain activation during Stroop's Test and verbal fluency', Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 534-47.

APA

Ravnkilde, B., Videbech, P., Rosenberg, R., Gjedde, A., & Gade, A. (2002). Putative tests of frontal lobe function: a PET-study of brain activation during Stroop's Test and verbal fluency. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 24(4), 534-47.

Vancouver

Ravnkilde B, Videbech P, Rosenberg R, Gjedde A, Gade A. Putative tests of frontal lobe function: a PET-study of brain activation during Stroop's Test and verbal fluency. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 2002;24(4):534-47.

Author

Ravnkilde, Barbara ; Videbech, Poul ; Rosenberg, Raben ; Gjedde, Albert ; Gade, Anders. / Putative tests of frontal lobe function: a PET-study of brain activation during Stroop's Test and verbal fluency. In: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 2002 ; Vol. 24, No. 4. pp. 534-47.

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