Exploratory WM-task measures correlate with EF indices: inhibition accuracy with correct colors, PES mixed with verbal span, congruency effect with correct locations¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3 · i1 small
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q3 i1 Accuracy in the incongruent HF block correlated positively with correct colors in the verbal WM task (ρ = 0.24, p < .01); PES in the mixed block correlated with the verbal WM span score (ρ = 0.19, p = .025); the congruency effect correlated negatively with correct locations in the visuospatial WM task (r = −0.16, p = .049). → Ger Ebru 2023

Evidence¶

Ger Ebru 2023¶

Ger Ebru, Roebers Claudia M. (2023). The Relationship between Executive Functions, Working Memory, and Intelligence in Kindergarten Children. Journal of Intelligence. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10143737/

q3 · i1 · associational · r2

Exploratory correlational analyses in the N = 147 sample using span scores and total correct items from the WM tasks. Inhibition accuracy correlated with "the correct colors in the verbal WM task (ρ = 0.24, p < .01)"; PES mixed with verbal span (ρ = 0.19); congruency effect with correct locations (r = −0.16).

"Accuracy in the incongruent block of HF was positively correlated with the correct colors in the verbal WM task (ρ = 0.24, p < .01). The PES in the mixed block of HF was positively correlated with the span score in the verbal WM task (ρ = 0.19, p = .025). The congruency effect in HF was negatively correlated with the correct location in the visuospatial WM task (r = −0.16, p = .049)"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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• Inhibition accuracy is marginally correlated with verbal WM but not visuospatial WM in kindergarten children — related
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• Mean RT in the shifting block is positively correlated with intelligence, counterintuitively, in kindergarten children — related
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• Verbal WM correlates with intelligence but visuospatial WM does not in kindergarten children — related
• PES is robustly present in kindergarten children and decreases over the course of a task block — related
• Shifting accuracy and shift cost show no association with intelligence or WM in kindergarten children — related