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Go or no-go? Developmental improvements in the efficiency of response inhibition in mid-childhood

Cragg, Lucy; Nation, Kate

Authors

LUCY CRAGG lucy.cragg@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Developmental Psychology

Kate Nation



Abstract

This experiment used a modified go/no-go paradigm to investigate the processes by which response inhibition becomes more efficient during mid-childhood. The novel task, which measured trials on which a response was initiated but not completed, was sensitive to developmental changes in response inhibition. The effect of inducing time pressure by narrowing allowable response time was also examined. While increasing time pressure did not reduce the inhibitory demands of the task for either age group, older children (aged 9-to-11 years) were able to inhibit their responses at an earlier stage of movement than younger children (aged 5-to-7 years). This shows that as children get older they become more efficient at controlling their behaviour which drives developmental improvements in response inhibition.

Citation

Cragg, L., & Nation, K. (2008). Go or no-go? Developmental improvements in the efficiency of response inhibition in mid-childhood. Developmental Science, 11(6), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00730.x

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Nov 1, 2008
Deposit Date Sep 21, 2009
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Developmental Science
Print ISSN 1363-755X
Electronic ISSN 1363-755X
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 11
Issue 6
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00730.x
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1015061
Publisher URL http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121359037/abstract

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