Age differences in strategic planning as indexed by the Tower of London

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1501-1517

  Albert, Dustin ^a   Steinberg, Laurence ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOR VISION; CONTROL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COLOR PERCEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; GOALS; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052589500     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01613.x     Document Type: Article

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