Executive functioning shows differential maturation from early to late adolescence: Longitudinal findings from a TRAILS study

Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 177-187

  Boelema, Sarai R ^a   Harakeh, Zeena ^a   Ormel, Johan ^b   Hartman, Catharina A ^b   Vollebergh, Wilma A M ^a   Van Zandvoort, Martine J E ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Executive function; Longitudinal; SES; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84895144920     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/neu0000049     Document Type: Article

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