The development of analogy making in children: Cognitive load and executive functions

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-19

  Thibaut, Jean Pierre ^a   French, Robert ^a   Vezneva, Milena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Analogy; Cognitive load; Development; Executive function; Generalization; Inhibition; Perceptual relational competition; Proportional analogy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77649186565     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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