The vigilance, orienting, and executive attention networks in 4-year-old children

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 408-421

  Hrabok, Marianne ^a   Kerns, Kimberly A ^a   Müller, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

4 year olds; Attention; Executive attention; Executive functions; Orienting; Preschoolers; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548480260     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580600977224     Document Type: Article

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