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Separating the Fish From the Sharks: A Longitudinal Study of Preschool Response Inhibition
Author(s) -
Wiebe Sandra A.,
Sheffield Tiffany D.,
Espy Kimberly Andrews
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01765.x
Subject(s) - psychology , response inhibition , developmental psychology , cognition , cognitive development , task (project management) , longitudinal study , child development , working memory , short term memory , fish <actinopterygii> , neuroscience , statistics , mathematics , fishery , biology , management , economics
The development of response inhibition was investigated using a computerized go/no‐go task, in a lagged sequential design where 376 preschool children were assessed repeatedly between 3.0 and 5.25 years of age. Growth curve modeling was used to examine change in performance and predictors of individual differences. The most pronounced change was observed between 3 and 3.75 years. Better working memory and general cognitive ability were related to more accurate performance at all ages, but relations with speed changed with age, where better cognitive skills were initially related to slower responding, but faster responding at later ages. Boys responded more quickly and were more accurate on go trials, whereas girls were better able to withhold responding on no‐go trials.