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Science 30 November 2007:
Vol. 318. no. 5855, pp. 1387 - 1388
DOI: 10.1126/science.1151148
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Preschool Program Improves Cognitive Control

Adele Diamond,1* W. Steven Barnett,2 Jessica Thomas,2 Sarah Munro1

Cognitive control skills important for success in school and life are amenable to improvement in at-risk preschoolers without costly interventions.

1Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A1; BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

2National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER), Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.

*Author for correspondence. E-mail: adele.diamond{at}ubc.ca

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