Why do children perseverate when they seem to know better: Graded working memory, or directed inhibition?

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1058-1065

  Cepeda, Nicholas J ^a,b,c   Munakata, Yuko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 38149131270     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193091     Document Type: Review

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