PSYC 251 Lecture 10: Executive Functioning

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Preschool task examples: count and label ( one is a book, two is a key, three is a dog , digit span tasks (accurately repeat lists of numbers; variations = forward and backwards, word span tasks (accurately repeat lists of words; variations = forwards and backwards, spin the pots (stickers under pots, pots spun around, child must remember which pots have already been emptied) Child told to only listen to one story: results: children whose mom had lower levels of educational attainment showed reduced effects of selective attention on neural processing (reduced ability to filter irrelevant information, lower level socio economic status children still paying more attention to story they"re not supposed to pay attention to (relative to higher socio economic status children, though there is a strong genetic influence on children"s executive functioning skills, environmental influences still play a significant roll!

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