Development of "hot" executive function: The children's gambling task

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 148-157

  Kerr, Aurora ^a   Zelazo, Philip David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

"Hot" executive function; Decision making; Executive function; Gambling; Orbitofrontal cortex; Sex differences; Young children

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 2342518180     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(03)00275-6     Document Type: Article

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