Clarifying inhibitory control: Diversity and development of attentional inhibition

Cognitive Development

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-21

  Howard, Steven J ^a,b   Johnson, Janice ^a   Pascual Leone, Juan ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developmental trajectories; Executive function; Factor analysis; Inhibition; Mental attention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900034098     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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