Task switching and shifting between stopping and going: Developmental change in between-trial control adjustments

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 484-503

  Huizinga, Mariëtte ^a   van der Molen, Maurits W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive flexibility; Development; Inhibition; Prefrontal cortex; Reaction time; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951673684     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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