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Rethinking Executive Functions in Mathematical Cognition 数学认知中执行函数的再思考

IF 2.1 2区心理学

Journal of Cognition and Development Pub Date : 2023-02-08 DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2023.2172414

Joshua Medrano, R. Prather

引用次数: 6

Strategy and Core Cognitive Training Effects on Working Memory Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 策略和核心认知训练对工作记忆表现的影响：系统综述和荟萃分析

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Journal of Cognition and Development Pub Date : 2023-02-08 DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2023.2172413

Shachar Ben Izhak, M. Lavidor

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Studying Executive Function in Culturally Meaningful Ways 以有文化意义的方式研究执行功能

IF 2.1 2区心理学

Journal of Cognition and Development Pub Date : 2023-02-03 DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2022.2160722

S. Gaskins, Lucía Alcalá

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引用次数: 6

The Development of Executive Function: Mechanisms of Change and Functional Pressures 执行职能的发展：变革机制与职能压力

IF 2.1 2区心理学

Journal of Cognition and Development Pub Date : 2023-01-05 DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2022.2160719

Paul Ibbotson

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引用次数: 3

Positive Future Expectancies: When Hopeful Thinking Contributes to Happiness in Children 积极的未来预期:当充满希望的思考有助于儿童的幸福

IF 2.1 2区心理学

Journal of Cognition and Development Pub Date : 2023-01-03 DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2022.2159962

S. P. Nguyen, Catherine H McDermott

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引用次数: 0

An Ecological Systems Perspective on Individual Differences in Children’s Performance on Measures of Executive Function 儿童执行功能个体差异的生态系统视角

IF 2.1 2区心理学

Journal of Cognition and Development Pub Date : 2022-12-23 DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2022.2160721

Steven J. Holochwost, Deaven Winebrake, E. Brown, Keith R. Happeney, N. Wagner, W. R. Mills-Koonce

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引用次数: 7

A First Theoretical Model of Self-Directed Cognitive Control Development 自我定向认知控制发展的第一个理论模型

IF 2.1 2区心理学

Journal of Cognition and Development Pub Date : 2022-12-21 DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2022.2160720

Aurélien Frick, N. Chevalier

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引用次数: 1

Reconciling the Context-Dependency and Domain-Generality of Executive Function Skills from a Developmental Systems Perspective 从发展系统的角度协调执行功能技能的情境依赖性和领域通用性

IF 2.1 2区心理学

Journal of Cognition and Development Pub Date : 2022-12-20 DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2022.2156515

P. Zelazo, S. M. Carlson

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引用次数: 5

Age-related Changes in Task Switching Costs in Middle Childhood 儿童中期任务转换成本的年龄相关变化

IF 2.1 2区心理学

Journal of Cognition and Development Pub Date : 2022-12-19 DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2022.2156514

Santiago Vernucci, Ana García-Coni, E. Zamora, Rosario Gelpi-Trudo, María Laura Andrés, L. Canet‐Juric

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Young Children’s Saving and Their Episodic Future Thinking 幼儿储蓄与情景未来思维

IF 2.1 2区心理学

Journal of Cognition and Development Pub Date : 2022-12-18 DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2022.2156516

A. Tsui, C. Atance

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