Development of relational reasoning during adolescence

Developmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Dumontheil, Iroise ^a,b   Houlton, Rachael ^a   Christoff, Kalina ^c   Blakemore, Sarah Jayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 78049288589     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.01014.x     Document Type: Article

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