Motor planning between 4 and 7 years of age: Changes linked to executive functions

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-111

  Pennequin, Valérie ^a   Sorel, Olivier ^a   Fontaine, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Executive functions; Inhibition; Planning; Shifting; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR PLANNING; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 77956169996     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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