Effects of speed and accuracy instructions on performance in a visual search task by children with good or poor attention

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 127-139

  Wilding, John ^a   Pankhania, Priya ^b   Williams, Angharad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33846947545     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712606X109666     Document Type: Article

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