Normative study of executives functions in children: Tower of London;Etude normative developpementale des fonctions executives: La tour de Londres

ANAE - Approche Neuropsychologique des Apprentissages chez l'Enfant

Volumn 10, Issue 47, 1998, Pages 42-52

  Lussier, F ^a   Guerin F ^b   Dufresne, A ^c   Lassonde, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child children; Development; Executive functions; Frontal lobe; Norms; Planification; Tower of London

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031927767     PISSN: 0999792X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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