Performance on Stroop-like assessments of inhibitory control by 4- and 5-year-old children

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 252-263

  Pasalich, Dave S ^a   Livesey, David J ^a   Livesey, Evan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Day Night Stroop; Executive function; Inhibitory control; Stop signal task; Sun Moon Stroop; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955577666     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.667     Document Type: Article

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