Task-demand clusters differ in useful age ranges, with perceptual inhibition developing earliest and motivational inhibition latest¶

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q2 i? Perceptual inhibition tasks showed the youngest useful age ranges and the motivational task Less is More a later range than other groupings, suggesting perceptual inhibition develops earlier and motivational inhibition later. → Petersen 2016

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Petersen 2016¶

Petersen, I. T., Hoyniak, C. P., McQuillan, M. E., Bates, J. E., & Staples, A. D. (2016). Measuring the development of inhibitory control: The challenge of heterotypic continuity. Developmental Review, 40, 25-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2016.02.001

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Comparative reading of the meta-analytic useful age ranges (Fig. 4) across the four task-demand clusters. The review also reports the motivational task Less is More "showed a later useful age range than other task groupings", with Tower as an exception attributed to methodological limitations. No effect size is printed.

"The perceptual inhibition tasks generally showed the youngest useful age range, suggesting that perceptual inhibition develops earlier than other aspects of inhibitory control."

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