A developmental window into trade-offs in executive function: The case of task switching versus response inhibition in 6-year-olds

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 356-364

  Blackwell, Katharine A ^a,b   Chatham, Christopher H ^c   Wiseheart, Melody ^d,e   Munakata, Yuko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Salem College   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e York University   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Executive function; Response inhibition; Task switching

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; WORKING MEMORY; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAME; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84899775830     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.04.016     Document Type: Article

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