ArticleBrain and behavior2020
Effects of social and nonsocial reward on executive function in preschoolers.
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- Social enhancement of associative learning in neurotypical, speaking autistic, and minimally speaking autistic preschoolers.Molecular autism · 2026Article
- The effects of an unfamiliar experimenter on proactive and reactive control in children.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Investigation of Hot and Cool Executive Functions in Reward and Competition.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Evaluating the Distinction between Cool and Hot Executive Function during Childhood.Brain sciences · 2023Review
- Why doesn't executive function training improve academic achievement? Rethinking individual differences, relevance, and engagement from a contextual framework.Journal of cognition and development : official journal of the Cognitive Development Society · 2023Article
- Structure-function coupling within the reward network in preschool children predicts executive functioning in later childhood.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2022Article
- Effects of social and nonsocial reward on executive function in preschoolers.Brain and behavior · 2020Article
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Abstract
introductionExecutive function, a set of higher order cognitive skills underlying goal-directed behaviors, develops rapidly during preschool years. Reward increases executive function engagement in adolescents and adults. However, there is still a scarcity of data on how reward affects executive function in young children. The present study examines whether different incentive types contribute differently to executive function performance and neural activity in children.
methodsTwenty-five preschoolers of 5-6 years old were provided an incentive Go/No-go task, comparing social, nonsocial, and nonreward conditions. Activations in the prefrontal regions during the tasks were measured using functional near-infrared spectroscopy.
resultsThe results revealed that social reward enhanced right prefrontal activations in young children. In contrast to adult literature, younger children did not show any significant differences in executive function performance across conditions.
conclusionThis study expands our understanding of motivation and EF engagement in preschoolers. Specifically, social reward enhanced prefrontal activations in young children. The implications and recommendations for future research are discussed.
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