INVESTIGADORES
MANES Facundo Francisco
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Cortical deficits in emotion processing for faces in adults with ADHD: Its relation to social cognition and executive functioning
Autor/es:
AGUSTÍN IBÁÑEZ; AGUSTÍN PETRONI; HUGO URQUINA; TERESA TORRALVA; FERNANDO TORRENTE; ESTEBAN HURTADO; RAPHAEL GUEX; SANDRA BAEZ; MARIANO SIGMAN; ALICIA LISCHINSKY; FACUNDO MANES
Lugar:
Berlin
Reunión:
Congreso; 3rd International Congress on ADHD –From Childhood to adult disease; 2011
Institución organizadora:
World Federation ADHD
Resumen:
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