A longitudinal assessment of executive function skills and their association with math performance

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-45

  Mazzocco, Michèle M M ^a,b,c,e   Kover, Sara T ^c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Painter Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTINGENCY NAMING TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33847168977     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297040600611346     Document Type: Article

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