Prospective memory in preschool children: Influences of agency, incentive, and underlying cognitive mechanisms

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 127, Issue , 2014, Pages 36-51

  Causey, Kayla B ^a   Bjorklund, David F ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive functioning; Metacognition; Motivation; Preschool; Prospective memory; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84905731311     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2014.01.020     Document Type: Article

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