Changes in cognitive functions of students in the transitional period from elementary school to junior high school

Brain and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 412-420

  Mizuno, Kei ^a,b   Tanaka, Masaaki ^a   Fukuda, Sanae ^a   Sasabe, Tetsuya ^a   Imai Matsumura, Kyoko ^c   Watanabe, Yasuyoshi ^a,b,d  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c HYOGO UNIVERSITY OF TEACHER EDUCATION   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Alternative attention; Childhood; Divided attention; Executive function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COGNITION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 79954606777     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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