Developmental relations between working memory and inhibitory control

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-67

  Roncadin, Caroline ^a,b   Pascual Leone, Juan ^c   Rich, Jill B ^c   Dennis, Maureen ^d,e  

^a Peel Children's Centre   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child development; Cognitive science; Inhibition; Memory; Prefrontal cortex; Speed accuracy tradeoff measurement

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; COGNITION; COMPETITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORKING MEMORY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SELF CONCEPT;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 33947676429     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617707070099     Document Type: Article

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