Underpinnings of the costs of flexibility in preschool children: The roles of inhibition and working memory

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-118

  Chevalier, Nicolas ^a   Sheffield, Tiffany D ^a   Nelson, Jennifer Mize ^a   Clark, Caron A C ^a   Wiebe, Sandra A ^b   Espy, Kimberly Andrews ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84859614186     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2011.632458     Document Type: Article

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