N2 amplitude as a neural marker of executive function in young children: An ERP study of children who switch versus perseverate on the Dimensional Change Card Sort

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Espinet, Stacey D ^a   Anderson, Jacob E ^b   Zelazo, Philip David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive flexibility; Conflict monitoring; Electrophysiology; Executive function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMENSIONAL CHANGE CARD SORT; EDUCATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSEVERATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84857058824     PISSN: 18789293     EISSN: 18789307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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