Becoming self-directed: Abstract representations support endogenous flexibility in children

Cognition

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-167

  Snyder, Hannah R ^a   Munakata, Yuko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Endogenous flexibility; Switching; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINGUISTICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THINKING; VALIDITY; VERBAL FLUENCY; VERBALIZATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 77954311651     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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