The dynamics of development on the Dimensional Change Card Sorting task

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 960-971

  van Bers, Bianca M C W ^a   Visser, Ingmar ^a   van Schijndel, Tessa J P ^a   Mandell, Dorothy J ^a   Raijmakers, Maartje E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 80051941213     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01045.x     Document Type: Article

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