The differentiation of executive functions in middle and late childhood: A longitudinal latent-variable analysis

Intelligence

Volumn 47, Issue , 2014, Pages 34-43

  Brydges, Christopher R ^a,b   Fox, Allison M ^b   Reid, Corinne L ^a   Anderson, Mike ^a,b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Executive function; Inhibition; Shifting; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907637281     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2014.08.010     Document Type: Article

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