Effects of strategy sequences and response-stimulus intervals on children's strategy selection and strategy execution: A study in computational estimation

Psychological Research

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 506-519

  Lemaire, Patrick ^a   Brun, Fleur ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

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Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84902829526     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-013-0501-0     Document Type: Article

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