Paper: Verbal self-instructions in task switching: A compensatory tool for action-control deficits in childhood and old age?

Developmental Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-236

  Kray, Jutta ^a   Eber, Jutta ^a   Karbach, Julia ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 40549086324     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00673.x     Document Type: Article

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