Effects of Labeling on Preschoolers' Explicit False Belief Performance: Outcomes of Cognitive Flexibility or Inhibitory Control?

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1072-1084

  Low, Jason ^a   Simpson, Samantha ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFORCEMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84860451207     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01738.x     Document Type: Article

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