Executive function in preschool children: Examination through everyday behavior

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 403-422

  Isquith, Peter K ^a,d   Gioia, Gerard A ^b   Espy, Kimberly Andrews ^c  

^a Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical School   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^d DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIOR RATING INVENTORY OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMERGENT METACOGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITORY SELF CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FLEXIBILITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; TEACHER;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 3943094653     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326942dn2601_3     Document Type: Article

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