What makes responses prepotent for young children? Insights from the grass-snow task

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-35

  Simpson, Andrew ^a   Riggs, Kevin J ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Executive function; Inhibition; Prepotency; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349200770     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.576     Document Type: Review

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