Toddlers benefit from labeling on an executive function search task

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 580-592

  Miller, Stephanie E ^a   Marcovitch, Stuart ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Executive function; Labeling; Reflection; Representation; Toddler search

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79951672128     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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