Development of set-Shifting ability from late childhood through early adulthood

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 565-574

  Kalkut, Erica Luboyeski ^a,b   Han, S Duke ^b   Lansing, Amy E ^c   Holdnack, James A ^d   Delis, Dean C ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PEARSON   (United States)

Author keywords

Card sorting; D KEFS; Design fluency; Gender; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SET SHIFTING ABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 70350734709     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acp048     Document Type: Article

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