La mesure des fonctions exécutives chez les enfants d'âge préscolaire

Canadian Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 323-341

  Monette, Sébastien ^a,b   Bigras, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b University of Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

Executive functions; Literature review; Measurement; Preschool; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 58449131005     PISSN: 07085591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014000     Document Type: Article

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