Development of an aspect of executive control: Development of the abilities to remember what I said and to “Do as I say, not as I do”

Resource type
Journal Article
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Title
Development of an aspect of executive control: Development of the abilities to remember what I said and to “Do as I say, not as I do”
Abstract
Luria's tapping test (tap once when E taps twice, tap twice when E taps once) was administered to 160 children (80 males, 80 females) between 31/2 to 7 years old. Older children were faster and more accurate than younger children, with most of the improvement occurring by the age of 6. All children tested demonstrated understanding of the instructions during the pretest, and most started out performing well, but younger subjects could not sustain this. Over the 16 trials, percentage of correct responses decreased, especially among younger subjects. Performance here was compared with performance on the day-night Stroop-like task. The most common error on both tasks was to comply with only one of the two rules. Other errors included tapping many times regardless of what the experimenter did and doing the same thing as the experimenter, rather than the opposite. It is suggested that the tapping task requires both the ability to hold two rules in mind and the ability to inhibit a strong response tendency, that these abilities improve between 3–6 years of age, and that this improvement may reflect important changes within frontal cortex during this period of life. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Publication
Developmental Psychobiology
Volume
29
Issue
4
Pages
315-334
Date
1996
Language
en
ISSN
1098-2302
Short Title
Development of an aspect of executive control
Accessed
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Library Catalogue
Wiley Online Library
Rights
Copyright © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Extra
shortDOI: 10/cr3n3j
Citation
Diamond, A., & Taylor, C. (1996). Development of an aspect of executive control: Development of the abilities to remember what I said and to “Do as I say, not as I do.” Developmental Psychobiology, 29(4), 315–334. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1098-2302(199605)29:4<315::aid-dev2>3.0.co;2-t