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ArticleDevelopmental science2022

Examining relations between performance on non-verbal executive function and verbal self-regulation tasks in demographically-diverse populations.

Natália B Dutra, Lydia Chen, Adote Anum, Oskar Burger, Helen E Davis, Vivian A Dzokoto, Frankie T K Fong, Sabrina Ghelardi, Kimberly Mendez, Emily J E Messer and 8 more

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18 authors.

Natália B DutraLaboratório de Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-0766-0795
Lydia ChenDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4787-1597
Adote AnumDepartment of Psychology, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Oskar BurgerDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
Helen E DavisDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Vivian A DzokotoDepartment of African American Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Frankie T K FongEarly Cognitive Development Centre, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6135-1379
Sabrina GhelardiDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
Kimberly MendezDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
Emily J E MesserDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
Morgan NewhouseDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
Mark G NielsenEarly Cognitive Development Centre, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0402-8372
Karlos RamosDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
Bruce RawlingsDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9682-9216
Renan A C Dos SantosLaboratório de Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
Lara G S SilveiraLaboratório de Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
Elliot M Tucker-DrobDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
Cristine H LegareDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.

Funding

Population Research CenterR24HD042849 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN · PI UMBERSON, DEBRA J. · 2002 to 2016
$8.4M
Scientific & Technical CoreP2CHD042849 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI MARK D. HAYWARD · 2017 to 2026
$5.2M
NICHD NIH HHS P2C HD042849NICHD NIH HHS R24 HD042849
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Self-regulation is a widely studied construct, generally assumed to be cognitively supported by executive functions (EFs). There is a lack of clarity and consensus over the roles of specific components of EFs in self-regulation. The current study examines the relations between performance on (a) a self-regulation task (Heads, Toes, Knees Shoulders Task) and (b) two EF tasks (Knox Cube and Beads Tasks) that measure different components of updating: working memory and short-term memory, respectively. We compared 107 8- to 13-year-old children (64 females) across demographically-diverse populations in four low and middle-income countries, including: Tanna, Vanuatu; Keningau, Malaysia; Saltpond, Ghana; and Natal, Brazil. The communities we studied vary in market integration/urbanicity as well as level of access, structure, and quality of schooling. We found that performance on the visuospatial working memory task (Knox Cube) and the visuospatial short-term memory task (Beads) are each independently associated with performance on the self-regulation task, even when controlling for schooling and location effects. These effects were robust across demographically-diverse populations of children in low-and middle-income countries. We conclude that this study found evidence supporting visuospatial working memory and visuospatial short-term memory as distinct cognitive processes which each support the development of self-regulation.

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Executive FunctionSelf-ControlAdolescentChildFemaleGhanaHumansMemory, Short-TermVanuatucross-cultural psychologyexecutive functionsself-regulationshort-term memoryworking memory

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PMID35025126
PMCPMC10782846

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