The shape school: Assessing executive function in preschool children
The shape school: Assessing executive function in preschool children
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DOI：
10.1080/87565649709540690
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发表时间：
1997-01-01
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Espy, KA
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作者：
Espy, KA
在70名学龄前儿童（32-68个月）中，通过一项新的任务，即形状学校，检查了与学习有关的执行功能变化。《形状学校》是一本色彩缤纷的故事书，旨在研究幼儿的抑制和转换过程。结果证实，任务效率随年龄的变化显着，与年龄较大的组优于年轻组。此外，抑制效率显着提高3至4岁之间，而开关技能显示出发展的改善，从4至5岁的年龄。这些结果表明，形状学派对成熟效应很敏感，并且表现可以解析为抑制和转换过程。形状学校可能是有用的，在临床人群中，以阐明发展的大脑行为关系的学龄前儿童。
Age-related changes in executive function were examined on a new task, the Shape School, in 70 preschool children (32-68 months old). The Shape School is a colorful storybook designed to examine inhibition and switching processes in young children. Results confirmed that task efficiency varied significantly with age, with older age groups outperforming younger groups. Furthermore, inhibition efficiency improved significantly between 3 to 4 years of age, whereas switching skills showed developmental improvement from 4 to 5 years cf age. These results suggest that the Shape School is sensitive to maturational effects and that performance can be parsed into inhibition and switching processes. The Shape School may be useful in clinical populations in order to elucidate development brain-behavior relations in preschool children.