Assessment of executive function in preschool-aged children
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Assessment of executive function in preschool-aged children.
Assessment of the overarching self-regulatory mechanisms, or executive functions, in any age group is challenging, in part due to the complexity of this domain, in part due to their dynamic essence, and in part due to the inextricable links between these central processes and the associated domain-specific processes, such as language, motor function, and attention, over which they preside. Whil...
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عنوان ژورنال: Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1080-4013,1098-2779
DOI: 10.1002/mrdd.20075