Avoiding the Potential Pitfalls of Using Negative Priming Tasks in Developmental Studies: Assessing Inhibitory Control in Children, Adolescents, and Adults

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 272-283

  Pritchard, Verena E ^a   Neumann, Ewald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

cognitive development; general processing speed; inhibition; negative priming; selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58449133364     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014168     Document Type: Article

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