Misleading cues improve developmental assessment of working memory capacity: The color matching tasks

Cognitive Development

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 262-277

  Arsalidou, M ^a   Pascual Leone, Juan ^a   Johnson, Janice ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Contextual influences; Misleading cues; Modified n back; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955920215     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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