Development of cognitive control and executive functions from 4 to 13 years: Evidence from manipulations of memory, inhibition, and task switching

Neuropsychologia - Tập 44 Số 11 - Trang 2037-2078 - 2006
Matthew C. Davidson1,2, Dima Amso2, Loren Cruess Anderson3, Adele Diamond4
1Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
2Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
3Shriver Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Waltham, MA, USA
4Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia & Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada

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