Using path analysis to understand executive function organization in preschool children

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 445-464

  Senn, Theresa E ^a   Espy, Kimberly Andrews ^a   Kaufmann, Paul M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CURVE FITTING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PATH ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SET SHIFTING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REVERSAL LEARNING; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 3943091179     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326942dn2601_5     Document Type: Article

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