Holding in mind conflicting information: Pretending, working memory, and executive control

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 390-410

  Albertson, Kathleen ^a   Shore, Cecilia ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 67651030473     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248370802678240     Document Type: Article

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