When simple things are meaningful: Working memory strength predicts children's cognitive flexibility

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 241-249

  Blackwell, Katharine A ^a   Cepeda, Nicholas J ^b   Munakata, Yuko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Cognitive flexibility; Inhibition; Processing speed; Task switching; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 67349110499     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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