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Less Is More: Executive Function and Symbolic Representation in Preschool Children
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Executive function is recognized as a critical component of children's cognitive and social development. In two studies, a measure of executive function that had been used in research with chimpanzees was adapted for preschoolers. On this task, called Less Is More, children must point to a smaller reward (two candies) to receive a larger reward (five candies). In Study 1 (N = 101), performance was significantly related to age (3 vs. 4), verbal ability, and established measures of executive function. In Study 2 (N = 128), symbolic representations substituted for real candies in this task. Three-year-olds' performance improved significantly as afunction of symbolic distancing. This research has implications for the role of symbol systems in the development of executive control over thought and action.
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- Authors
- Carlson, S. M., Davis, A. C., & Leach, J. G.
- Venue
- Psychological Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2005-08
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 609-616
- ISSN
- 0956-7976 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9280
- OpenAlex
- W2107204028
- Cited by
- 309
- References
- 46
- FWCI
- 10.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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