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1 - Interventions for Attention and Working Memory

from Section 1 - Evidence-based Cognitive Rehabilitation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 June 2018

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Corey D. Anderson  and
J. Renee Anderson
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Gianna Locascio  and
Beth S. Slomine
Gianna Locascio
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NYU Langone Health, New York
Beth S. Slomine
Affiliation:
Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore
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Cognitive Rehabilitation for Pediatric Neurological Disorders , pp. 5 - 27
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Print publication year: 2018

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