A computational account of children's analogical reasoning: Balancing inhibitory control in working memory and relational representation

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 516-529

  Morrison, Robert G ^a   Doumas, Leonidas A A ^b   Richland, Lindsey E ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PROBLEM SOLVING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953826682     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.00999.x     Document Type: Article

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