Age-related changes in concept formation, rule switching, and perseverative behaviors: A study using WCST with 12 unidimensional target cards

Cognitive Development

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 377-382

  Cinan, Sevtap ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Age; Concept formation; Executive functions; Perseveration; Rule use; Sorting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744901464     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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