Awareness and symbol use improves future-oriented decision making in preschoolers

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-59

  Garon, Nancy ^a   Moore, Chris ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMBOLISM; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

AGE FACTORS; AWARENESS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTIVATION; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SYMBOLISM;

EID: 33847650450     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326942dn3101_3     Document Type: Article

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