Disentangling Age and Schooling Effects on Inhibitory Control Development: An fNIRS Investigation

Autor/inn/en	McKay, Courtney; Wijeakumar, Sobanawartiny; Rafetseder, Eva; Shing, Yee Lee
Titel	Disentangling Age and Schooling Effects on Inhibitory Control Development: An fNIRS Investigation
Quelle	In: Developmental Science, 25 (2022) 5, (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wijeakumar, Sobanawartiny) ORCID (Rafetseder, Eva) ORCID (Shing, Yee Lee)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-755X
DOI	10.1111/desc.13205
Schlagwörter	Inhibition; Self Control; Kindergarten; Young Children; Academic Achievement; Brain Hemisphere Functions; Educational Environment; Child Development; Age Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hemmung; Selbstbeherrschung; Frühe Kindheit; Schulleistung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Kindesentwicklung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	Children show marked improvements in executive functioning (EF) between 4 and 7 years of age. In many societies, this time period coincides with the start of formal school education, in which children are required to follow rules in a structured environment, drawing heavily on EF processes such as inhibitory control. This study aimed to investigate the longitudinal development of two aspects of inhibitory control, namely response inhibition and response monitoring and their neural correlates. Specifically, we examined how their longitudinal development may differ by schooling experience, and their potential significance in predicting academic outcomes. Longitudinal data were collected in two groups of children at their homes. At T1, all children were roughly 4.5 years of age and neither group had attended formal schooling. One year later at T2, one group (P1, n = 40) had completed one full year of schooling while the other group (KG, n = 40) had stayed in kindergarten. Behavioural and brain activation data (measured with functional near-infrared spectroscopy, fNIRS) in response to a Go/No-Go task and measures of academic achievement were collected. We found that P1 children, compared to KG children, showed a greater change over time in activation related to response monitoring in the bilateral frontal cortex. The change in left frontal activation difference showed a small positive association with math performance. Overall, the school environment is important in shaping the development of the brain functions underlying the monitoring of one own's performance. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01