Normative Data From the Cantab. I: Development of Executive Function Over the Lifespan

@article{DeLuca2003NormativeDF,
  title={Normative Data From the Cantab. I: Development of Executive Function Over the Lifespan},
  author={Cinzia R. De Luca and Stephen J. Wood and Vicki A Anderson and J A Buchanan and Tina M. Proffitt and Kate Mahony and Christos Pantelis},
  journal={Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology},
  year={2003},
  volume={25},
  pages={242 - 254}
}
The study of executive function within a developmental framework has proven integral to the advancement of knowledge concerning the acquisition and decline of higher skill processes. Still in its early stages, there exists a discontinuity in the literature between the exploration of executive capacity in young children and the elderly. Research of age-related differences utilising a lifespan approach has been restricted by the lack of assessment tools for the measurement of executive skills… 
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