A psychobiological perspective on working memory performance at 8 months of age

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 251-265

  Bell, Martha Ann ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRONTAL LOBE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ORIENTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TEMPERAMENT;

AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRONTAL LOBE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ORIENTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84856255146     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01684.x     Document Type: Article

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