Thinking around the corner: The development of planning abilities

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 360-370

  Kaller, Christoph P ^a   Rahm, Benjamin ^b   Spreer, Joachim ^c   Mader, Irina ^c   Unterrainer, Josef M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Planning; Problem structure; Tower of London

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANNING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; THINKING; WORKING MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MEMORY; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; THINKING;

EID: 45649084913     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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