Effects of parents' educational level, school type and gender on the development of attention and memory;Influencia del nivel educativo de los padres, el tipo de escuela y el sexo en el desarrollo de la atención y la memoria

Revista Latinoamericana de Psicologia

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-276

  Villaseñor, Esmeralda Matute ^a   Martín, Araceli Sanz ^a   Díaz, Emilio Gumá ^a   Rosselli, Mónica ^b   Ardila, Alfredo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive development; Memory; Social environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450218142     PISSN: 01200534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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