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ArticleJournal of cognitive enhancement : towards the integration of theory and practice2023

How Do Executive Functions Influence Children's Reasoning About Counterintuitive Concepts in Mathematics and Science?

Iroise Dumontheil, Hannah R Wilkinson, Emily K Farran, Claire Smid, Roshni Modhvadia, Denis Mareschal, UnLocke team

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Article in Journal of cognitive enhancement : towards the integration of theory and practice, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Iroise DumontheilCentre for Educational Neuroscience, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK.
Hannah R WilkinsonCentre for Educational Neuroscience, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK.
Emily K FarranCentre for Educational Neuroscience, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK.
Claire SmidCentre for Educational Neuroscience, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK.
Roshni ModhvadiaCentre for Educational Neuroscience, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK.
Denis MareschalCentre for Educational Neuroscience, Birkbeck, University of London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9828-9548
UnLocke team
Birkbeck, University of London · GBUniversity of Surrey · GBUniversity College London · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many scientific and mathematical concepts are counterintuitive because they conflict with misleading perceptual cues or incorrect naive theories that we build from our everyday experiences of the world. Executive functions (EFs) influence mathematics and science achievement, and inhibitory control (IC), in particular, might facilitate counterintuitive reasoning. Stop & Think (S&T) is a computerised learning activity that trains IC skills. It has been found effective in improving primary children's mathematics and science academic performance in a large scale RCT trial (Palak et al., 2019; Wilkinson et al., Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s41465-023-00271-0.

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ChildrenCounterintuitive reasoningExecutive functionMathematicsMisconceptionsScience

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