Children are not like older adults: A diffusion model analysis of developmental changes in speeded responses

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 367-381

  Ratcliff, Roger ^a   Love, Jessica ^b   Thompson, Clarissa A ^a   Opfer, John E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; SIZE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856289195     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01683.x     Document Type: Article

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