Inhibitory control in young adolescents: The role of sex, intelligence, and temperament

Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 347-356

  Yücel, Murat ^a   Fornito, Alex ^a   Youssef, George ^a   Dwyer, Dominic ^a   Whittle, Sarah ^a   Wood, Stephen ^a   Lubman, Dan ^b   Simmons, Julian ^c   Pantelis, Christos ^a   Allen, Nicholas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Gender; inhibition; Intelligence; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; RESPONSE TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROOP TEST; TEMPERAMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COGNITION; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REINFORCEMENT; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF REPORT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84866177363     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027693     Document Type: Article

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