Toddler working memory skills predict kindergarten school readiness

Intelligence

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 205-212

  Fitzpatrick, Caroline ^a,b,c   Pagani, Linda S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c Centre de Recherche sur les Environnements Scolaires (GRES)   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Cognitive skills; Executive functions; Learning related behavior; School readiness; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858073650     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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