Developmental changes in executive functioning

Child Development

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1933-1953

  Lee, Kerry ^a   Bull, Rebecca ^a   Ho, Ringo M H ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84887333187     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12096     Document Type: Article

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