The impact of age, ongoing task difficulty, and cue salience on preschoolers' prospective memory performance: The role of executive function

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 127, Issue , 2014, Pages 52-64

  Mahy, Caitlin E V ^a,b   Moses, Louis J ^a   Kliegel, Matthias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cue salience; Executive function; Inhibition; Ongoing task difficulty; Preschoolers; Prospective memory

Indexed keywords

AGE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84905728632     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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