Developmental change in processing speed: Domain specificity and stability during childhood and adolescence

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 119-137

  Kail, Robert V ^a   Miller, Carol A ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33644954110     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327647jcd0701_6     Document Type: Article

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