A new measure for assessing executive function across a wide age range: Children and adults find happy-sad more difficult than day-night

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 481-489

  Lagattuta, Kristin Hansen ^a   Sayfan, Liat ^a   Monsour, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST;

EID: 78649290097     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.00994.x     Document Type: Article

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