Infancy predictors of preschool and post-kindergarten executive function

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 530-538

  Kraybill, Jessica H ^a   Bell, Martha Ann ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood; Executive function; Infancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE;

EID: 84878841448     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21057     Document Type: Article

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