Go or no-go? Developmental improvements in the efficiency of response inhibition in mid-childhood

Developmental Science

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 819-827

  Cragg, Lucy ^a,b   Nation, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; REACTION TIME; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 53949085350     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00730.x     Document Type: Article

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