Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Executive functions (EFs) are crucial for academic achievement, physical health, and mental well-being. Previous studies using structural equation models revealed EFs' developmental organization, evolving from one factor in childhood to three factors in adults: inhibition, cognitive flexibility, and updating. Recent network model studies confirmed this differentiation from childhood to adulthood. Reanalyzing previously published data from 1019 children (aged 7.8 to 15.3; 50.4% female; 59.1% White, 15.0% Latinx, 14.3% Bi-racial, 6.7% African American, 4.2% Asian American, 0.6% Other), this study compared three analytical methods to explore EF development: structural equation model, network model, and the novel latent variable network model. All approaches supported fine-grained EF-specific trajectories and differentiation throughout development, with inhibition being central in childhood and updating in early adolescence.
Source: Journal of Cognition
DOI: 10.5334/joc.355
Authors: Iris Menu, Grégoire Borst, Arnaud Cachia
Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris Cité, NYU Langone Health, Laboratoire de Psychologie du Développement et de L’Education de l’enfant, Institut Universitaire de France, Inserm, Institut de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences de Paris, GHU Paris psychiatrie & neurosciences
Language: English
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,240
OpenAlex ID: W4393718404