The effect of social observation on children's inhibitory control

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 248-258

  Moriguchi, Yusuke ^a,b  

^a JOETSU UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Black white task; Executive function; Inhibitory control; Prefrontal cortex; Preschool children; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); JAPAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); JAPAN; MALE; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STROOP TEST;

EID: 84865771158     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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