Symbols as tools in the development of executive function

Private Speech, Executive Functioning, and the Development of Verbal Self-Regulation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 163-175

  Carlson, Stephanie M ^a   Beck, Danielle M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511581533.014     Document Type: Chapter

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