Choosing between two objects reduces 3-year-olds' errors on a reverse-contingency test of executive function

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 184-192

  Carroll, Daniel J ^a   Apperly, Ian A ^b   Riggs, Kevin J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Executive function; Inhibition; Metacognition; Strategic reasoning; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 35148897658     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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