Separating the Fish From the Sharks: A Longitudinal Study of Preschool Response Inhibition

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1245-1261

  Wiebe, Sandra A ^a   Sheffield, Tiffany D ^b   Espy, Kimberly Andrews ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TEMPERAMENT;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84863872730     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01765.x     Document Type: Article

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