When Easy Comes Hard: The Development of Adaptive Strategy Selection

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 687-700

  Mata, Rui ^a,b   von Helversen, Bettina ^a,c   Rieskamp, Jörg ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 79953008607     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01535.x     Document Type: Article

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