ProspectiveMemory, executive functions, and metacognition are already differentiated in young elementary school children: Evidence from latent factor modeling

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 229-241

  Spiess, Manuela A ^a   Meier, Beat ^a   Roebers, Claudia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Cognitive differentiation; Executive functions; Metacognition; Prospective memory; Young elementary school children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944748597     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185/a000165     Document Type: Article

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