The development of inhibitory control in preschool children: Effects of 'executive skills' training

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 161-174

  Dowsett, Sharon M ^a   Livesey, David J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Card sort task; Children; Executive function; Go no go task; Inhibitory control; Rule use

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE;

TILLANDSIA LINEATISPICA;

EID: 0034107791     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(200003)36:2<161::AID-DEV7>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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