Goal Neglect and Working Memory Capacity in 4- to 6-Year-Old Children

Child Development

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1687-1695

  Marcovitch, Stuart ^a   Boseovski, Janet J ^a   Knapp, Robin J ^b   Kane, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 78449271924     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01503.x     Document Type: Article

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