What Visual Information Do Children and Adults Consider While Switching Between Tasks? Eye-Tracking Investigation of Cognitive Flexibility Development

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 955-972

  Chevalier, Nicolas ^a   Blaye, Agnès ^b   Dufau, Stéphane ^b   Lucenet, Joanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive flexibility; Executive control; Eye tracking; Preschool children; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COLOR VISION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME; TIME; VISION; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COLOR PERCEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954645382     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019674     Document Type: Article

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