Studying executive functions in senior preschoolers

Alexander Veraksa; Olga Almazova; Daria Bukhalenkova

doi:10.1002/pchj.310

Studying executive functions in senior preschoolers

Psych J. 2020 Feb;9(1):144-146. doi: 10.1002/pchj.310. Epub 2019 Aug 2.

Authors

Alexander Veraksa¹, Olga Almazova¹, Daria Bukhalenkova¹

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation.

Abstract

This study analyzed connections between different components of executive functions (EF; inhibition, working memory, cognitive flexibility) among 1,075 preschool children in Moscow. The results suggested greater heterochronicity in different EF component levels for girls compared with boys. Factor analysis showed the best fit for a three-factor model.

Keywords: cognitive flexibility; executive functions (EF); inhibition; preschool age; working memory.

MeSH terms

Child
Child Development
Child, Preschool
Executive Function / physiology*
Female
Humans
Male
Memory, Short-Term / physiology*
Neuropsychological Tests / statistics & numerical data*
Russia
Sex Factors

Grants and funding

17-78-20198/Russian Science Foundation