Developmental and sex-related differences in preschoolers' affective decision making

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-84

  Heilman, Renata M ^a,b   Miu, Andrei C ^a   Benga, Oana ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b NONE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Decision making; Development; Emotion; Preschoolers; Sex

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE DECISION MAKING; AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 57749103882     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297040802266436     Document Type: Article

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