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Training, maturation, and genetic influences on the development of executive attention.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 11 Oct 2005
Rueda M Rosario, Rothbart Mary K, McCandliss Bruce D, Saccomanno Lisa, Posner Michael I
Abstract excerpt
A neural network underlying attentional control involves the anterior cingulate in addition to lateral prefrontal areas. An important development of this network occurs between 3 and 7 years of age. We have examined the efficiency of attentional networks across age and after 5 days of attention training (experimental group) compared with different types of no training (control groups) in 4-year-old and 6-year-old...
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