Orbitofrontal cortex-related executive functions in children and adolescents: their assessment and its ecological validity

This paper discusses the ecological validity of recently proposed tasks for the assessment of executive functions related to the Orbitofrontal Cortex, in children and adolescents. This topic is discussed considering two conceptually distinct approaches to ecological validity, verisimilitude and ver...

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Main Author: Michele Poletti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LED Edizioni Universitarie 2010-04-01
Series:Neuropsychological Trends
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Online Access:http://www.ledonline.it/NeuropsychologicalTrends/allegati/NeuropsychologicalTrends_7_Poletti.pdf