Under what conditions do young children have difficulty inhibiting manual actions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9786475 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Simpson (0000-0001-6584-6451, University of Birmingham, corresponding author), Kevin J Riggs (0000-0002-4294-9738, London Metropolitan University) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 417-428 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0012-1649.43.2.417 |
| PMID | 17352549 |
| OpenAlex | W2135708689 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 9 |
Understanding how responses become prepotent is essential for understanding when inhibitory control is needed in everyday behavior. The authors investigated the conditions under which manual actions became prepotent in a go/no-go task. Children had to open boxes that contained stickers on go trials and leave shut boxes that were empty on no-go trials. In Experiment 1 (n = 40, mean age = 3.6 years), the authors obtained evidence consistent with this task requiring inhibitory control. Results of Experiment 2 (n = 40, mean age = 3.7 years) suggested that box opening was prepotent because (a) opening is the habitual action associated with boxes and (b) children planned to open boxes on go trials of the task. Experiment 3 (n = 96, mean age = 3.5 years) showed that even empty boxes elicited the same errors and that delaying responding reduced errors even though the delay occurred before the cue that indicated the correct response (contrary to a rule reflection account). Because the delay occurred after box presentation, performance was consistent with a transient activation account. Delay training might benefit children with weak inhibition
Action (physics · Audiology · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Inhibitory control · Task (project management · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Child and Animal Learning Development · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Neuroscience · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 0.65 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2023 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |