Sources of interference from irrelevant information: A developmental study

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 315-341

  Ridderinkhof, K Richard ^a   Van Der Molen, Maurits W ^a   Band, Guido P H ^a   Bashore, Theodore R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; REVERSAL LEARNING;

EID: 0031154122     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1997.2367     Document Type: Article

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