Belief inhibition in children's reasoning: Memory-based evidence

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-242

  Steegen, Sara ^a   De Neys, Wim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Children; Cognitive development; Conflict monitoring; Decision making; Inhibition; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; CONFLICT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTUITION; LOGIC; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; BELGIUM; CHILD; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTUITION; LOGIC; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84859761862     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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