Informing the structure of executive function in children: A meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging data

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue , 2017, Pages

  McKenna, Róisín ^a   Rushe, T ^a   Woodcock, Kate A ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALE meta analysis; Children; Cognitive control; Executive function; fMRI; Inhibition; Switching; Updating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURAL MODEL; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 85018290520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00154     Document Type: Article

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