Building the blocks of executive functioning: Differentiating early developing processes contributing to executive functioning skills

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 796-805

  Mandell, Dorothy J ^a   Ward, Sarah E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive functioning; Infant; Juvenile; M. fascicularis; Primates; Response set maintenance; Response to novelty

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEARNING; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REVERSAL LEARNING;

HAPLORHINI; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 80255137578     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20552     Document Type: Article

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