Do Young Children Modulate Their Cognitive Control? Sequential Congruency Effects Across Three Conflict Tasks in 5-to-6 Year-Olds

被引：34

作者：

Ambrosi, Solene ^{[1
]}

Lemaire, Patrick ^{[1
]}

Blaye, Agnes ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] LPC Aix Marseille Univ, Dept Cognit Psychol, Batiment 9 Case D3,Pl Victor Hugo, F-13331 Marseille 3, France

来源：

EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY | 2016年 / 63卷 / 02期

关键词：

inhibitory control; sequential congruency effect; young children; flanker task; Simon task; color-object Stroop task; ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX; WORKING-MEMORY CAPACITY; DEVELOPMENTAL-CHANGES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; IRRELEVANT INFORMATION; PROACTIVE CONTROL; ADAPTATION; STROOP; INTERFERENCE; IDENTIFICATION;

D O I：

10.1027/1618-3169/a000320

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Dynamic, trial-by-trial modulations of inhibitory control are well documented in adults but rarely investigated in children. Here, we examined whether 5-to-7 year-old children, an age range when inhibitory control is still partially immature, achieve such modulations. Fifty three children took flanker, Simon, and Stroop tasks. Above and beyond classic congruency effects, the present results showed two crucial findings. First, we found evidence for sequential modulations of congruency effects in these young children in the three conflict tasks. Second, our results showed both task specificities and task commonalities. These findings in young children have important implications as they suggest that, to be modulated, inhibitory control does not require full maturation and that the precise pattern of trial-by-trial modulations may depend on the nature of conflict.

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页码：117 / 126

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