What makes the windows task difficult for young children: Rule inference or rule use?

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-170

  Simpson, Andrew ^a   Riggs, Kevin J ^a   Simon, Muriel ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inhibition; Reasoning; Stroop; Windows task

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0742289399     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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