Sorting between dimensions: Conditions of cognitive flexibility in preschoolers

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-134

  Kloo, Daniela ^a   Perner, Josef ^a   Kerschhuber, Angelika ^a   Dabernig, Sandra ^a   Aichhorn, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Executive functions; Extradimensional; Flexibility; Reversal; Shifting; Sorting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 42649119129     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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