Cognitive processes in the development of TOL performance

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2259-2269

  Asato, Miya R ^a,b   Sweeney, John A ^c   Luna, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Oculomotor; Prefrontal cortex; Response inhibition; Saccade; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33745945512     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.05.010     Document Type: Article

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