Costs and benefits linked to developments in cognitive control

Developmental Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 203-211

  Blackwell, Katharine A ^a   Munakata, Yuko ^b  

^a Salem College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EMOTION; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84894432512     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12113     Document Type: Article

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