Executive control and the experience of regret

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 501-515

  Burns, Patrick ^a,c   Riggs, Kevin J ^b   Beck, Sarah R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attentional switching; Complex emotions; Counterfactual thinking; Development; Executive function; Regret

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84855438031     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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