Executive and theory-of-mind contributions to event-based prospective memory in children: Exploring the self-projection hypothesis

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 468-489

  Ford, Ruth M ^a   Driscoll, Timothy ^a   Shum, David ^a   Macaulay, Catrin E ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonoetic consciousness; Episodic memory; Future thinking; Prospective memory; Self projection; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EMPATHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; THEORY OF MIND;

CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPATHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; THEORY OF MIND; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84855434290     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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