Developmental changes in using verbal self-cueing in task-switching situations: The impact of task practice and task-sequencing demands

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Kray, Jutta ^a   Gaspard, Hanna ^a,b   Karbach, Julia ^a   Blaye, Agnès ^c  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Childhood; Practice; Task switching; Verbal self cueing; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891665441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00940     Document Type: Article

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