More than a matter of getting 'unstuck': Flexible thinkers use more abstract representations than perseverators

Developmental Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 662-669

  Kharitonova, Maria ^a   Chien, Sarina ^a   Colunga, Eliana ^a   Munakata, Yuko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THINKING;

EID: 67049086731     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00799.x     Document Type: Article

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