Agnés Blaye
Biographic Data
| ID | 411071 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Agnés Blaye |
| GIVEN NAMES | Agnés |
| FAMILY NAME | Blaye |
| SIGNATURE | BLAYE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aix-Marseille Université |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4514-6519 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
New evidence for a visuo-spatial cumulative rehearsal strategy in children’s working memory
This study explored the mechanisms involved in maintaining visuo-spatial information in working memory in children aged 4 to 8 years. Two experiments were conducted to determine whether different types of visual aid could support a cumulative visuo-spatial rehearsal strategy, a consolidation mechanism, or the goal maintenance in a complex span task. In Experiment 1, children memorized sequences of locations while assessing the orientation of a te…
Learning‐based cognitive control in ADHD
Background Learning‐based cognitive control (CC), the ability to adapt control strategies based on contextual regularities, has been studied in typically developing (TD) children but remains underexplored in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This study investigates whether children with ADHD show intact learning‐based CC and how it is affected by increased cognitive demands. Methods In a multicentric study, 7–14 years…
Cognitive mechanisms underlying free recall in episodic memory performance across the lifespan
Children’s gist-based false memory in working memory tasks
False memories are well established episodic memory phenomena. Recent research in young adults has shown that semantically related associates can be falsely remembered as studied items in working memory (WM) tasks for lists of only a few items when a short 4-second interval was given between study and test. The present study reported two experiments yielding similar effects in 4- ( n = 32 and 33, 18 and 14 females, respectively) and 8-year-old ch…
Age-related changes in controllable and uncontrollable processes underlying evaluative conditioning
Evaluative conditioning (EC) refers to a change in liking of a conditioned stimulus (CS) consecutive to its repeated pairing with a valent unconditioned stimulus (US). We relied on a multinomial processing tree model to compare the processes underlying EC in middle-aged children ( n = 57, M age = 8.65, range = 6.94-11.03; 31 females) and young adults ( n = 57, M age = 19.16, range = 17.60-23.60; 53 females). We found that controllable and uncontr…
The dynamics of interference control across childhood and adolescence
Interference control is central to cognitive control and, more generally, to many aspects of development. Despite its importance, the understanding of the processes underlying mean interference effects across development is still limited. When measured through conflict tasks, mean interference effects reflect both the strength of the initial automatic incorrect response activation by the irrelevant stimulus dimension and the capacity to subsequen…
Does verbal labeling influence age differences in proactive and reactive cognitive control
The main goal of this study was to examine whether different types of verbal labeling can influence age-related changes in the dynamic control of behavior by inducing either a proactive or reactive mode of control. Proactive control is characterized by a strong engagement in maintaining task-relevant information to be optimally prepared while reactive control is characterized by a reactivation of task-related information during responding. To inv…
Cognitive control and language across the life span
How does cognitive control change with age, and what are the processes underlying these changes? This question has been extensively studied using versions of the task-switching paradigm, which allow participants to actively prepare for the upcoming task (Kray, Eber, & Karbach, 2008). Little is known, however, about age-related changes in this ability across the life span when there is no opportunity to anticipate task goals. We examined the effec…
Lexical access and vocabulary development in very young bilinguals
This study compares lexical access and expressive and receptive vocabulary development in monolingual and bilingual toddlers. More specifically, the link between vocabulary size, production of translation equivalents, and lexical access in bilingual infants was examined as well as the relationship between the Communicative Development Inventories and the Computerized Comprehension Task. Twenty-five bilingual and 18 monolingual infants aged 24 mon…
Predictors of semantic categorical flexibility in older adults
This study investigated the processes involved in the aging of semantic categorical flexibility. A previous study revealed the effects of aging on the flexible use of taxonomic relations. We aimed to explain our previous results regarding the performance of older adults; we carried out investigations into the respective roles of executive and conceptual factors in semantic categorical flexibility. Fifty older adults carried out a semantic categor…
What visual information do children and adults consider while switching between tasks? Eye-tracking investigation of cognitive flexibility development
This study investigated the visual information that children and adults consider while switching or maintaining object-matching rules. Eye movements of 5- and 6-year-old children and adults were collected with two versions of the Advanced Dimensional Change Card Sort, which requires switching between shape- and color-matching rules. In addition to a traditional integrated version with bidimensional objects (e.g., a blue bear), participants were t…
Setting goals to switch between tasks
Three experiments examined the difficulty of translating cues into verbal representations of task goals by varying the degree of cue transparency (auditory transparent cues, visual transparent cues, visual arbitrary cues) in the Advanced Dimensional Change Card Sort, which requires switching between color- and shape-sorting rules on the basis of cues. Experiment 1 showed that 5- and 6-year-old children's performance improved as a function of cue …
Children's performance in the selection task
Three experiments exploring the effects of the activation of pragmatic schemas on children's reasoning performance are reported. Pragmatic schemas are defined as clusters of rules concerning actions and goals. Previous results indicated that by evoking 'permission' and 'obligation' schemas it is possible to facilitate adults' performance on Wason's selection task as well as that of children in a 'reduced' version of the same task. Experiment 1 de…
Setting goals to switch between tasks
Three experiments examined the difficulty of translating cues into verbal representations of task goals by varying the degree of cue transparency (auditory transparent cues, visual transparent cues, visual arbitrary cues) in the Advanced Dimensional Change Card Sort, which requires switching between color- and shape-sorting rules on the basis of cues. Experiment 1 showed that 5- and 6-year-old children's performance improved as a function of cue …
The dynamics of interference control across childhood and adolescence
Interference control is central to cognitive control and, more generally, to many aspects of development. Despite its importance, the understanding of the processes underlying mean interference effects across development is still limited. When measured through conflict tasks, mean interference effects reflect both the strength of the initial automatic incorrect response activation by the irrelevant stimulus dimension and the capacity to subsequen…
What visual information do children and adults consider while switching between tasks? Eye-tracking investigation of cognitive flexibility development
This study investigated the visual information that children and adults consider while switching or maintaining object-matching rules. Eye movements of 5- and 6-year-old children and adults were collected with two versions of the Advanced Dimensional Change Card Sort, which requires switching between shape- and color-matching rules. In addition to a traditional integrated version with bidimensional objects (e.g., a blue bear), participants were t…
Children's performance in the selection task
Three experiments exploring the effects of the activation of pragmatic schemas on children's reasoning performance are reported. Pragmatic schemas are defined as clusters of rules concerning actions and goals. Previous results indicated that by evoking 'permission' and 'obligation' schemas it is possible to facilitate adults' performance on Wason's selection task as well as that of children in a 'reduced' version of the same task. Experiment 1 de…
Does verbal labeling influence age differences in proactive and reactive cognitive control
The main goal of this study was to examine whether different types of verbal labeling can influence age-related changes in the dynamic control of behavior by inducing either a proactive or reactive mode of control. Proactive control is characterized by a strong engagement in maintaining task-relevant information to be optimally prepared while reactive control is characterized by a reactivation of task-related information during responding. To inv…
Cognitive control and language across the life span
How does cognitive control change with age, and what are the processes underlying these changes? This question has been extensively studied using versions of the task-switching paradigm, which allow participants to actively prepare for the upcoming task (Kray, Eber, & Karbach, 2008). Little is known, however, about age-related changes in this ability across the life span when there is no opportunity to anticipate task goals. We examined the effec…
Children's performance in the selection task
Three experiments exploring the effects of the activation of pragmatic schemas on children's reasoning performance are reported. Pragmatic schemas are defined as clusters of rules concerning actions and goals. Previous results indicated that by evoking 'permission' and 'obligation' schemas it is possible to facilitate adults' performance on Wason's selection task as well as that of children in a 'reduced' version of the same task. Experiment 1 de…
Setting goals to switch between tasks
Three experiments examined the difficulty of translating cues into verbal representations of task goals by varying the degree of cue transparency (auditory transparent cues, visual transparent cues, visual arbitrary cues) in the Advanced Dimensional Change Card Sort, which requires switching between color- and shape-sorting rules on the basis of cues. Experiment 1 showed that 5- and 6-year-old children's performance improved as a function of cue …
What visual information do children and adults consider while switching between tasks? Eye-tracking investigation of cognitive flexibility development
This study investigated the visual information that children and adults consider while switching or maintaining object-matching rules. Eye movements of 5- and 6-year-old children and adults were collected with two versions of the Advanced Dimensional Change Card Sort, which requires switching between shape- and color-matching rules. In addition to a traditional integrated version with bidimensional objects (e.g., a blue bear), participants were t…
Lexical access and vocabulary development in very young bilinguals
This study compares lexical access and expressive and receptive vocabulary development in monolingual and bilingual toddlers. More specifically, the link between vocabulary size, production of translation equivalents, and lexical access in bilingual infants was examined as well as the relationship between the Communicative Development Inventories and the Computerized Comprehension Task. Twenty-five bilingual and 18 monolingual infants aged 24 mon…
Predictors of semantic categorical flexibility in older adults
This study investigated the processes involved in the aging of semantic categorical flexibility. A previous study revealed the effects of aging on the flexible use of taxonomic relations. We aimed to explain our previous results regarding the performance of older adults; we carried out investigations into the respective roles of executive and conceptual factors in semantic categorical flexibility. Fifty older adults carried out a semantic categor…
Cognitive control and language across the life span
How does cognitive control change with age, and what are the processes underlying these changes? This question has been extensively studied using versions of the task-switching paradigm, which allow participants to actively prepare for the upcoming task (Kray, Eber, & Karbach, 2008). Little is known, however, about age-related changes in this ability across the life span when there is no opportunity to anticipate task goals. We examined the effec…
Does verbal labeling influence age differences in proactive and reactive cognitive control
The main goal of this study was to examine whether different types of verbal labeling can influence age-related changes in the dynamic control of behavior by inducing either a proactive or reactive mode of control. Proactive control is characterized by a strong engagement in maintaining task-relevant information to be optimally prepared while reactive control is characterized by a reactivation of task-related information during responding. To inv…
The dynamics of interference control across childhood and adolescence
Interference control is central to cognitive control and, more generally, to many aspects of development. Despite its importance, the understanding of the processes underlying mean interference effects across development is still limited. When measured through conflict tasks, mean interference effects reflect both the strength of the initial automatic incorrect response activation by the irrelevant stimulus dimension and the capacity to subsequen…
Age-related changes in controllable and uncontrollable processes underlying evaluative conditioning
Evaluative conditioning (EC) refers to a change in liking of a conditioned stimulus (CS) consecutive to its repeated pairing with a valent unconditioned stimulus (US). We relied on a multinomial processing tree model to compare the processes underlying EC in middle-aged children ( n = 57, M age = 8.65, range = 6.94-11.03; 31 females) and young adults ( n = 57, M age = 19.16, range = 17.60-23.60; 53 females). We found that controllable and uncontr…
Cognitive mechanisms underlying free recall in episodic memory performance across the lifespan
Children’s gist-based false memory in working memory tasks
False memories are well established episodic memory phenomena. Recent research in young adults has shown that semantically related associates can be falsely remembered as studied items in working memory (WM) tasks for lists of only a few items when a short 4-second interval was given between study and test. The present study reported two experiments yielding similar effects in 4- ( n = 32 and 33, 18 and 14 females, respectively) and 8-year-old ch…
New evidence for a visuo-spatial cumulative rehearsal strategy in children’s working memory
This study explored the mechanisms involved in maintaining visuo-spatial information in working memory in children aged 4 to 8 years. Two experiments were conducted to determine whether different types of visual aid could support a cumulative visuo-spatial rehearsal strategy, a consolidation mechanism, or the goal maintenance in a complex span task. In Experiment 1, children memorized sequences of locations while assessing the orientation of a te…
Learning‐based cognitive control in ADHD
Background Learning‐based cognitive control (CC), the ability to adapt control strategies based on contextual regularities, has been studied in typically developing (TD) children but remains underexplored in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This study investigates whether children with ADHD show intact learning‐based CC and how it is affected by increased cognitive demands. Methods In a multicentric study, 7–14 years…
Psychology (12 works) · Cognition (11 works) · Cognitive psychology (11 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (6 works) · Neuroscience (6 works) · Child and Animal Learning Development (5 works) · Artificial Intelligence (4 works) · Task (project management (4 works)