Stability and change in executive function abilities from late adolescence to early adulthood: A longitudinal twin study

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 326-340

  Friedman, Naomi P ^a   Miyake, Akira ^a   Altamirano, Lee J ^a   Corley, Robin P ^a   Young, Susan E ^a,b   Rhea, Sally Ann ^a   Hewitt, John K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Development; Emerging adulthood; Executive control; Heritability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPACE PERCEPTION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84956573890     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/dev0000075     Document Type: Article

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