The development of attention and response inhibition in early childhood

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 491-502

  Bartgis, Jami ^a   Thomas, David G ^b   Lefler, Elizabeth K ^b   Hartung, Cynthia M ^c  

^a HIV/AIDS Prevention Project   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Development; Response inhibition

Indexed keywords

EID: 55449087249     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.563     Document Type: Article

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