Focused but fixed: The impact of expectation of external rewards on inhibitory control and flexibility in preschoolers

Emotion

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 562-572

  Qu, Li ^a   Finestone, Dana Liebermann ^b   Qin, Loh Jun ^a   Reena, Leong ZhenXia ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Executive function; Motivation; Preschoolers; Rewards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOOD; MOTIVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REWARD; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; REWARD; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84878992720     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027263     Document Type: Article

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