Underpinnings of the Costs of Flexibility in Preschool Children: The Roles of Inhibition and Working Memory

Nicolas Chevalier; Tiffany D. Sheffield; Jennifer Mize Nelson; Caron A. C. Clark; Sandra A. Wiebe; Kimberly Andrews Espy

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Underpinnings of the Costs of Flexibility in Preschool Children: The Roles of Inhibition and Working Memory

Nicolas Chevalier^*, Tiffany D. Sheffield, Jennifer Mize Nelson, Caron A. C. Clark, Sandra A. Wiebe, Kimberly Andrews Espy

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This study addressed the respective contributions of inhibition and working memory to two underlying components of flexibility, goal representation (as assessed by mixing costs) and switch implementation (as assessed by local costs), across the preschool period. By later preschool age (4 years, 6 months and 5 years, 3 months), both inhibition and working-memory performance were associated with mixing costs, but not with local costs, whereas no relation was observed earlier (3 years, 9 months). The relations of inhibition and working memory to flexibility appear to emerge late in the preschool period and are mainly driven by goal representation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	99-118
Number of pages	20
Journal	Developmental neuropsychology
Volume	37
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/87565641.2011.632458
Publication status	Published - Feb 2012

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LATENT-VARIABLE ANALYSIS
UNDERSTAND EXECUTIVE CONTROL
CARD SORT TASK
COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY
INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES
YOUNG-CHILDREN
SWITCH COSTS
SHAPE SCHOOL
INTERFERENCE
DIMENSIONS

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Underpinnings of the Costs of Flexibility in Preschool Children: The Role of Inhibition and Working Memory
Chevalier, N., Espy, K. A., Sheffield, T. D., Nelson, J. M., Clark, C. A. C. & Wiebe, S. A., Apr 2010, p. 1.
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