Do executive functions predict the ability to learn problem-solving principles?

Intelligence

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 64-74

  Ropovik, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRE OV   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Ability to learn principles; Children; Executive functions; Inhibition; Selective attention; Shifting; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897447061     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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