Age-related trends in stroop and conflicting motor response task findings

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 431-443

  Nichelli, Francesca ^a   Scala, Gabriella ^b   Vago, Chiara ^b   Riva, Daria ^a   Bulgheroni, Sara ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Developmental neuropsychology; Inhibition; Stroop

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONFLICT; CONTROL STRATEGY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; STROOP TASK;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 27344444526     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297040590951569     Document Type: Article

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