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The Effect of Metacognitive Executive Function Training on Children's Executive Function, Proactive Control, and Academic Skills
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Kubota, Maki; Hadley, Lauren V.; Schaeffner, Simone; Könen, Tanja; Meaney, Julie-Anne; Morey, Candice C.; Auyeung, Bonnie; Moriguchi, Yusuke; Karbach, Julia; Chevalier, Nicolas – Developmental Psychology, 2023
The current study investigated the effects of metacognitive and executive function (EF) training on childhood EF (inhibition, working memory [WM], cognitive flexibility, and proactive/reactive control) and academic skills (reading, reasoning, and math) among children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Children (N = 134, M[subscript age] = 8.70 years)…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Executive Function, Academic Ability, Child Behavior
Learning a Foreign Language: A New Path to Enhancement of Cognitive Functions
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Shoghi Javan, Sara; Ghonsooly, Behzad – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2018
The complicated cognitive processes involved in natural (primary) bilingualism lead to significant cognitive development. Executive functions as a fundamental component of human cognition are deemed to be affected by language learning. To date, a large number of studies have investigated how natural (primary) bilingualism influences executive…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Language Processing, Bilingualism, Cognitive Development
Decision Making in Children and Adolescents: Impaired Iowa Gambling Task Performance in Early Adolescence
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Smith, Dana G.; Xiao, Lin; Bechara, Antoine – Developmental Psychology, 2012
Disadvantageous decision making is cited as one of the premier problems in childhood development, underlying risky behavior and causing adolescents to make poor choices that could prove detrimental later in life. However, there are relatively few studies looking at the development of decision making in children and adolescents, and fewer still…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Decision Making, Child Development
The Kids' Empathic Development Scale (KEDS): A Multi-Dimensional Measure of Empathy in Primary School-Aged Children
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Reid, Corinne; Davis, Helen; Horlin, Chiara; Anderson, Mike; Baughman, Natalie; Campbell, Catherine – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2013
Empathy is an essential building block for successful interpersonal relationships. Atypical empathic development is implicated in a range of developmental psychopathologies. However, assessment of empathy in children is constrained by a lack of suitable measurement instruments. This article outlines the development of the Kids' Empathic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Empathy, Measures (Individuals), Affective Behavior
Assessing the Link between Executive Functions and Aggressive Behaviours of Children Who Are Deaf: Impact of Early Special Education
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Sipal, Rafet Firat; Bayhan, Pinar – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2010
Introduction: Relation between constructing complex mental structures and language skills cause delays in development of executive functions of deaf children. When the importance of language skills in development of executive functions and frequency of aggressive behaviours of deaf children are considered, investigation of executive functions of…
Descriptors: Aggression, Cognitive Processes, Child Behavior, Deafness
Executive Function Deficits in Non-Retarded Autistic Children.
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Shu, Bih-Ching; Lung, For-Wey; Tien, Allen Y.; Chen, Bor-Chih – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2001
A study involving 26 Taiwanese children (ages 6-12) with autism and 52 controls found scores on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test were significantly higher for controls for categories completed and percent conceptual level. Scores on perseverative responses, perseverative errors, and non-perseverative errors were higher for those with autism.…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes