The development of associate learning in school age children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Harel, Brian T ^a   Pietrzak, Robert H ^b   Snyder, Peter J ^c   Thomas, Elizabeth ^d   Mayes, Linda C ^e   Maruff, Paul ^a  

^a Scientific Division   (Australia)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTINUOUS PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING TASK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING TEST; MALE; MENTAL LOAD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRODUCTIVITY; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; CLINICAL TRIAL; MEMORY; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING;

EID: 84904182433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101750     Document Type: Article

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