The other side of cognitive control: Can a lack of cognitive control benefit language and cognition?

Topics in Cognitive Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 253-256

  Chrysikou, Evangelia G ^a   Novick, Jared M ^b   Trueswell, John C ^a   Thompson Schill, Sharon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Cognitive flexibility; Creativity; Hypofrontality; Language comprehension; Language learning; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE;

EID: 79961213111     PISSN: 17568757     EISSN: 17568765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2011.01137.x     Document Type: Article

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