Contribution of the priming paradigm to the understanding of the conceptual developmental shift from 5 to 9 years of age

Developmental Science

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 956-977

  Perraudin, Sandrine ^a   Mounoud, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350087521     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00847.x     Document Type: Article

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