Methodological and conceptual issues in understanding the development of executive control in the preschool period

Executive Functions and the Frontal Lobes: A Lifespan Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 105-121

  Espy, Kimberly Andrews ^a   Bull, Rebecca ^b   Kaiser, Heather ^c   Martin, Jessica ^c   Banet, Megan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203837863     Document Type: Chapter

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