Predicting Cognitive Control from Preschool to Late Adolescence and Young Adulthood

In this longitudinal study, the proportion of time preschoolers directed their attention away from rewarding stimuli during a delay-of-gratification task was positively associated with efficiency (greater speed without reduced accuracy) at responding to targets in a go/no-go task more than 10 years...

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Published in:Psychological science 2006-06, Vol.17 (6), p.478-484
Main Authors: Eigsti, Inge-Marie, Zayas, Vivian, Mischel, Walter, Shoda, Yuichi, Ayduk, Ozlem, Dadlani, Mamta B., Davidson, Matthew C., Aber, J. Lawrence, Casey, B. J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult
Age
Behavioral neuroscience
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Cognition
Developmental psychology
Experimentation
False alarms
Female
Gratification
Humans
Inhibition (Psychology)
Male
Mental stimulation
Personality
Preschool education
Prospective Studies
Reaction Time
Self-management
Temptation
Wechsler Scales
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Summary:In this longitudinal study, the proportion of time preschoolers directed their attention away from rewarding stimuli during a delay-of-gratification task was positively associated with efficiency (greater speed without reduced accuracy) at responding to targets in a go/no-go task more than 10 years later. The overall findings suggest that preschoolers' ability to effectively direct their attention away from tempting aspects of the rewards in a delay-of-gratification task may be a developmental precursor for the ability to perform inhibitory tasks such as the go/no-go task years later. Because performance on the go/no-go task has previously been characterized as involving activation of fronto-striatal regions, the present findings also suggest that performance in the delay-of-gratification task may serve as an early marker of individual differences in the functional integrity of this circuitry.
ISSN:0956-7976
1467-9280
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01732.x