The functional emergence of prefrontally-guided working memory systems in four- to eight-year-old children

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 273-293

  Luciana, Monica ^a   Nelson, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

CANTAB; Cognitive development; Executive function; Memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032031873     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(97)00109-7     Document Type: Article

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