Central executive involvement in children's spatial memory

Memory

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 918-933

  Ang, Su Yin ^a   Lee, Kerry ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cognitive strategies; Developmental differences; Dual task interference; Executive functions; Visuo spatial working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; REPRESSION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 55349124002     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210802365347     Document Type: Article

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