The executive functions of language in preschool children

Private Speech, Executive Functioning, and the Development of Verbal Self-Regulation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 53-68

  Müller, Ulrich ^a   Jacques, Sophie ^b   Brocki, Karin ^c   Zelazo, Philip David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511581533.005     Document Type: Chapter

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