Executive function and metacognition: Towards a unifying framework of cognitive self-regulation

Developmental Review

Volumn 45, Issue , 2017, Pages 31-51

  Roebers, Claudia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Development; Executive function; Metacognition; Review

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AUTOREGULATION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; METACOGNITION; MONITORING; NEGLECT;

EID: 85018305669     PISSN: 02732297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dr.2017.04.001     Document Type: Review

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