Executive functions underlying multiplicative reasoning: Problem type matters

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 286-305

  Agostino, Alba ^a   Johnson, Janice ^a   Pascual Leone, Juan ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Executive functions; Inhibition; M capacity; Mathematics; Shifting; Updating

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING;

EID: 77649190198     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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