@article{84eac26d68144fc99537aa76098f4412,
title = "Understanding autonomous behaviour development: Exploring the developmental contributions of context-tracking and task selection to self-directed cognitive control",
abstract = "Gaining autonomy is a key aspect of growing up and cognitive control development across childhood. However, little is known about how children engage cognitive control in an autonomous (or self-directed) fashion. Here, we propose that in order to successfully engage self-directed control, children identify and achieve goals by tracking contextual information and using this information to select relevant tasks. To disentangle the respective contributions of these processes, we manipulated the difficulty of context-tracking via altering the presence or absence of contextual support (Study 1) and the difficulty of task selection by varying task difficulty (a)symmetry (Study 2) in 5-6 and 9-10-year-olds, and adults. Results suggested that, although both processes contribute to successful self-directed engagement of cognitive control, age-related progress mostly relates to context-tracking.",
keywords = "cognitive control development, context-tracking, self-directed control, task selection, voluntary task-switching",
author = "Aur{\'e}lien Frick and Brandimonte, {Maria A.} and Nicolas Chevalier",
note = "This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Frick, A., Brandimonte, M. A., & Chevalier, N. (2021). Understanding autonomous behaviour development: Exploring the developmental contributions of context-tracking and task selection to self-directed cognitive control. Developmental Science, 00, e13222. , which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13222. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley{\textquoteright}s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.",
year = "2021",
month = dec,
day = "25",
doi = "10.1111/desc.13222",
language = "English",
journal = "Developmental Science",
issn = "1363-755X",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
}