Symbolic insight and inhibitory control: Two problems facing young children on symbolic retrieval tasks

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 365-380

  Kuhlmeier, Valerie ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GIRL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTROSPECTION; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECOGNITION; SYMBOLISM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

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EID: 33645228918     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327647jcd0603_3     Document Type: Article

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