Cognitive efficiency on a match to sample task decreases at the onset of puberty in children

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 73-89

  McGivern, Robert F ^a   Andersen, Julie ^a   Byrd, Desiree ^a   Mutter, Kandis L ^a   Reilly, Judy ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Facial expression; Frontal lobe; Priming; Puberty; Reaction time; Sex difference; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REACTION TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNAPSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; CHILD; COGNITION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PUBERTY; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0036426813     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(02)00012-X     Document Type: Article

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