Using developmental cognitive neuroscience to study behavioral and attentional control

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-118

  Astle, Duncan E ^a   Scerif, Gaia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Attention; Brain imaging; Development; Electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANCY; NEUROSCIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE NET; NEUROSCIENCES;

EID: 66149155482     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20350     Document Type: Article

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