Teaching others rule-use improves executive function and prefrontal activations in young children

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Moriguchi, Yusuke ^a,b   Sakata, Yoko ^c   Ishibashi, Mikako ^a   Ishikawa, Yusuke ^c  

^a JOETSU UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c AICHI SHUKUTOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

executive function; prefrontal cortex; pretend play; teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949679299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00894     Document Type: Article

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