Executive function effects and numerical development in children: Behavioural and ERP evidence from a numerical Stroop paradigm

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 662-671

  Soltész, Fruzsina ^a   Goswami, Usha ^a   White, Sonia ^a,b   Szucs, Dénes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development; Event related potentials; Executive functions; Numerical representation; Numerical Stroop paradigm

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755169457     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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