Refining the understanding of inhibitory processes: How response prepotency is created and overcome

Developmental Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-73

  Simpson, Andrew ^a   Riggs, Kevin J ^b   Beck, Sarah R ^c   Gorniak, Sarah L ^c   Wu, Yvette ^d   Abbott, David ^d   Diamond, Adele ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMANTICS; STROOP TEST;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTENTION; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMANTICS; STROOP TEST;

EID: 84855957821     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01105.x     Document Type: Article

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