Charting early trajectories of executive control with the shape school

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1481-1493

  Clark, Caron A C ^a   Sheffield, Tiffany D ^b   Chevalier, Nicolas ^b,d   Nelson, Jennifer Mize ^b   Wiebe, Sandra A ^c   Espy, Kimberly Andrews ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive function; Inhibitory control; Preschool; Sex differences; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84881539530     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030578     Document Type: Article

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