Sleep and cognition in preschool years: Specific links to executive functioning

Child Development

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1542-1553

  Bernier, Annie ^a   Beauchamp, Miriam H ^a   Bouvette Turcot, Andrée Anne ^a   Carlson, Stephanie M ^b   Carrier, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP;

EID: 84881522599     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12063     Document Type: Article

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