Cultural differences in the development of cognitive shifting: East-West comparison

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 156-163

  Moriguchi, Yusuke ^a   Evans, Angela D ^b   Hiraki, Kazuo ^c   Itakura, Shoji ^d   Lee, Kang ^b,e  

^a JOETSU UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CANADA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84859641345     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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