Preschoolers out of adults: Discriminative learning with a cognitive load

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1357-1377

  Sirois, Sylvain ^a   Shultz, Thomas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33749330167     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210500246269     Document Type: Review

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