The national institutes of health toolbox for the assessment of neurological and behavioral function: A tool for developmental science

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 119-124

  Bauer, Patricia J ^a   Zelazo, Philip David ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Child development; Cognition; Episodic memory; Executive function; Language; Reading; Speed of processing; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906097866     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12080     Document Type: Article

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