Pre-adolescent children already exhibit proactive inhibitory control, slowing responses as stop-signal probability increases¶
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q2 i? Participants slowed responses more with increasing stop-signal probability (F(2, 638) = 248.71, p < 0.001), regardless of sex. → Pas P. 2021
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Pas P. 2021¶
Pas P., Hulshoff Pol H.E., Raemaekers M., Vink M. (2021). Self-regulation in the pre-adolescent brain. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2021.101012
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Behavioral analysis of the Stop-Signal Anticipation Task in 640 children showed "Participants slowed their responses more with increasing stop-signal probability, F(2, 638) = 248.71; p < 0.001". No effect size was printed. The authors state this is the first study of sex and developmental effects on both inhibition types at this age.
"Participants slowed their responses more with increasing stop-signal probability, F(2, 638) = 248.71; p < 0.001, regardless of sex, F(2, 638) = 2.52, p = 0.11."
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Related Claims¶
- Children aged 8–11 with higher parent-rated self-regulation show more proactive response slowing on a stop-signal anticipation task — related
- Reactive inhibition speed and accuracy improve with age between 8 and 11 years, while proactive response slowing does not increase with age — related
- Go-trial response times are slower during the stop-signal task than the no-tone task, with no diagnostic group difference — related
- Children adopt a more cautious response strategy (higher boundary separation) when intermittent stop trials are introduced — related
- Reward does not alter the speed or variability of response execution in either stop signal task — related
- Higher self-regulation in pre-adolescent children is associated with stronger right mid frontal cortex activation during proactive inhibition — related
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Pre-adolescent children already exhibit proactive inhibitory control, slowing responses as stop-signal probability increases |
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Pre-adolescent children already exhibit proactive inhibitory control, slowing responses as stop-signal probability increases |
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