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Executive Function Skills Of 6–8 Year Olds: Brain And Behavioral Evidence And Implications For School Achievement, Victoria J. Molfese, Peter J. Molfese, Dennis L. Molfese, Kathleen Moritz Rudasill, Natalie Armstrong, Gillian Starkey
Executive Function Skills Of 6–8 Year Olds: Brain And Behavioral Evidence And Implications For School Achievement, Victoria J. Molfese, Peter J. Molfese, Dennis L. Molfese, Kathleen Moritz Rudasill, Natalie Armstrong, Gillian Starkey
Department of Educational Psychology: Faculty Publications
Academic and social success in school has been linked to children’s self-regulation. This study investigated the assessment of the executive function (EF) component of self-regulation using a low-cost, easily administered measure to determine whether scores obtained from the behavioral task would agree with those obtained using a laboratory-based neuropsychological measure of EF skills. The sample included 74 children (37 females; M = 86.2 months) who participated in two assessments of working memory and inhibitory control: Knock–Tap (NEPSY: Korkman, Kirk, & Kemp, 1998), and participated in event-related potential (ERP) testing that included the directional stroop test (DST: Davidson, Cruess, Diamond, O’Craven, …