Switching between tasks and responses: A developmental study

Developmental Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 278-287

  Crone, Eveline A ^a,b,c   Bunge, Silvia A ^b   Van Der Molen, Maurits W ^c   Richard Ridderinkhof, K ^a,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TASTE;

ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; TASTE;

EID: 33645799968     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2006.00490.x     Document Type: Article

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