Cross-cultural study of the childhood developmental trajectory of attention and impulse control

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 174-181

  Brewis, Alexandra ^a   Schmidt, Karen L ^b   Sánchez Casas, Claudia Amira ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Escuela Normal Veracruzana   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LINEAR SYSTEM; MEXICO; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037371939     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0165025024400173     Document Type: Review

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