The link between cognitive control and decision-making across child and adolescent development

Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue , 2016, Pages 28-32

  Steinbeis, Nikolaus ^a,b   Crone, Eveline A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; NEUROSCIENCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 84966356743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23521546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2016.04.009     Document Type: Review

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