Revisiting inhibitory control across the life span: Insights from the ex-Gaussian distribution

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 447-458

  McAuley, Tara ^a   Yap, Melvin ^a   Christ, Shawn E ^a   White, Desirée A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LIFESPAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33744801963     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326942dn2903_4     Document Type: Article

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