Mean RT in the shifting block is positively correlated with intelligence, counterintuitively, in kindergarten children¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3 · i2 medium
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q3 i2 Mean RT in the mixed (shifting) block of HF was positively correlated with intelligence (r = 0.23, p < .01), even after controlling for accuracy in that block. → 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/

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Exploratory correlational analysis in the N = 147 sample: mean RT in the mixed HF block correlated positively with RIAS intelligence, "r = 0.23, p < .01", holding after controlling for accuracy. Authors call this counterintuitive and suggest more intelligent children may inhibit themselves to respond more slowly.

"The mean RT in the mixed block of HF was positively correlated with intelligence (r = 0.23, p < .01), even after controlling for accuracy in the mixed HF"

Discussion¶

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