Relations between key executive functions and aggression in childhood

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 537-555

  Granvald, Viktor ^a   Marciszko, Carin ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggression; Executive functions; Inhibition; Mental set shifting; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL SET SHIFTING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84926219821     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2015.1018152     Document Type: Article

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