Maturation of cognitive processes from late childhood to adulthood

Child Development

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1357-1372

  Luna, Beatriz ^a,d   Garver, Krista E ^a   Urban, Trinity A ^a   Lazar, Nicole A ^b   Sweeney, John A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 7444236416     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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