When in competition against engrained habits, is conscious representation sufficient or is inhibition of the habit also needed?

Developmental Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-22

  Diamond, Adele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; EVALUATION; HABIT; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MEMORY; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HABITS; HUMANS; INFANT; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 57849131742     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00773.x     Document Type: Note

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