An Embodied Account of Early Executive-Function Development: Prospective Motor Control in Infancy Is Related to Inhibition and Working Memory

Psychological Science

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1600-1610

  Gottwald, Janna M ^a   Achermann, Sheila ^a   Marciszko, Carin ^a   Lindskog, Marcus ^a   Gredebäck, Gustaf ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

executive functions; infancy; motor development; prospective motor control; reaching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 85006173372     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797616667447     Document Type: Article

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