Developmental fractionation of working memory and response inhibition during childhood

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-37

  Tsujimoto, Satoshi ^a,b   Kuwajima, Mariko ^a   Sawaguchi, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Executive function; Prefrontal cortex; Preschool age; School age

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHONETICS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 33847249920     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169.54.1.30     Document Type: Article

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