Executive functioning by 18-24-month-old children: Effects of inhibition, working memory demands and narrative in a novel detour-reaching task

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 519-542

  McGuigan, Nicola ^a   Núñez, María ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arbitrary means; Causal means; Executive function; Inhibition; Rationale generativity; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750556633     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.477     Document Type: Review

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