Children show larger and more sustained frontal ERP conflict effects than adults, indicating less efficient executive attention¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2011 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2016: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The N2 component in Flanker and Go/No-Go tasks is delayed, larger, and more sustained in children compared to adults. → Checa 2011

Evidence¶

Checa 2011¶

Checa, P., & Rueda, M. R. (2011). Behavioral and Brain Measures of Executive Attention and School Competence in Late Childhood. Developmental Neuropsychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/87565641.2011.591857

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Narrative review of prior ERP developmental studies (Davis et al., 2003; Rueda et al., 2004b) cited by the authors as background. The study reports the N2 component "appears to be somewhat delayed compared to adults" with larger amplitude in children.

"In young children, it has been shown that the N2 component in Flanker and Go /No-Go tasks appears to be somewhat delayed compared to adults. The amplitude of the effect is also larger for children than adults."

Discussion¶

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