The roles of private speech and inner speech in planning during middle childhood: Evidence from a dual task paradigm

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 438-451

  Lidstone, Jane S M ^a   Meins, Elizabeth ^a   Fernyhough, Charles ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Dual task paradigm; Executive function; Tower of Hanoi; Tower of London; Verbal mediation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; COGNITION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77955555714     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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