Color-object interference: Further tests of an executive control account

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 156-169

  La Heij, Wido ^a   Boelens, Harrie ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Color form; Executive function; Inhibition; Shape bias; Sorting; Subitizing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COLOR VISION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STROOP TEST;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOR PERCEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STROOP TEST;

EID: 77957922942     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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