Understanding and supporting inhibitory control: Unique contributions from proactive monitoring and motoric stopping to children’s improvements with practice

Hilary j. Traut, Nicolas Chevalier, Ryan M. Guild, Yuko Munakata

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Abstract

Children struggle to stop inappropriate behaviors. What interventions improve inhibitory control, for whom, and why? Prior work suggested that practice proactively monitoring for relevant signals improved children’s inhibitory control more than practice with motoric stopping. However, these processes were not clearly dissociated. This study tested 162 seven- to nine-year-old children (89 female, 72 male, 1 unreported; 82% White) on the stop-signal task, following monitoring or stopping-focused practice.
Original languageEnglish
JournalChild Development
Early online date2 Aug 2021
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 2 Aug 2021

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