Event-related brain potentials dissociate the developmental time-course of automatic numerical magnitude analysis and cognitive control functions during the first three years of primary school

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 682-701

  Soltész, Fruzsina ^a   White, Sonia ^a   Szucs, Dénes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STROOP TEST; UNITED KINGDOM; VISION;

AUTOMATISM; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; STROOP TEST; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79960511364     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2010.549982     Document Type: Article

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