Infant Attention and Early Childhood Executive Function

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 397-404

  Cuevas, Kimberly ^a   Bell, Martha Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84896316545     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12126     Document Type: Article

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