Flankers Facilitate 3-Year-Olds' Performance in a Card-Sorting Task

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 265-274

  Jordan, Patricia L ^a   Morton, J Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

card sorting; development; perseveration; preschoolers

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFLICT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 38549128415     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.1.265     Document Type: Article

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