Executive functioning in Spanish- and English-speaking Head Start preschoolers

Developmental Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  White, Lisa J ^a   Greenfield, Daryl B ^a  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MULTILINGUALISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MULTILINGUALISM; POVERTY;

EID: 84996629682     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12502     Document Type: Conference Paper

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