The Opposites Task: Using General Rules to Test Cognitive Flexibility in Preschoolers
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The Opposites task 1 RUNNING HEAD: INHIBITORY PROCESSING IN PRESCHOOLERS In Press, Journal of Cognition and Development The Opposites task: Using general rules to test cognitive flexibility in preschoolers
Executive functions play an important role in cognitive development and, during the preschool years especially, children’s performance is limited in tasks that demand flexibility in their behavior. We asked whether preschoolers would exhibit limitations when they are required to apply a general rule in the context of novel stimuli on every trial (the “opposites” task). Two types of inhibitory p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cognition and Development
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1524-8372,1532-7647
DOI: 10.1080/15248371003699944