Executive function and food approach behavior in middle childhood

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Groppe, Karoline ^a   Elsner, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eating behavior; Food approach; Hot and cool executive function; Middle childhood; Overweight

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904548512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00447     Document Type: Article

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