The development of executive attention: Contributions to the emergence of self-regulation

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 573-594

  Rueda, M Rosario ^a   Posner, Michael I ^b   Rothbart, Mary K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILDREN BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONFLICT; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONTROL; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SOCIALIZATION; TEMPERAMENT; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MEMORY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 25444441461     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326942dn2802_2     Document Type: Article

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