Mental Set Shifting in Childhood: The Role of Working Memory and Inhibitory Control

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 588-604

  Brocki, Karin C ^a,b   Tillman, Carin ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Global switch costs; Inhibition; Local switch costs; Mental set shifting; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912521552     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.1871     Document Type: Article

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