How much do we know about our own cognitive control?

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 240-247

  Nȩcka, Edward ^a,b   Lech, BogumiBa ^b   Sobczyk, Natalia ^a   Śmieja, Magdalena ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Executive functions; Individual differences; Testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862188553     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000147     Document Type: Article

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