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A Novel Battery to Assess “Cool” and “Hot” Executive Functions: Sensitivity to Age Differences in Middle Childhood
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Laura Fernández-García
Laura Fernández-García 1,2,
Jessica Phillips-Silver
Jessica Phillips-Silver 3 and
María Teresa Daza González
María Teresa Daza González 1,2,*
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Department of Psychology, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
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CIBIS Research Center, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
3
Growing Brains, Washington, DC 20394, USA
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Brain Sci. 2024, 14(8), 755; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14080755 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 7 June 2024
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Revised: 14 July 2024
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Accepted: 23 July 2024
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Published: 27 July 2024
Abstract
The main goal of the current work was to assess the age sensitivity of a novel battery of cool and hot Executive Function (EF) tasks developed for the middle childhood period: the Executive Brain Battery (EBB). To this end, we carried out a first study in which the EBB was administered to six age groups ranging from 6 to 11. Additionally, in a second study, we compared children at the end of middle childhood (age 11 years) and adult performance in the EBB. Results showed that tasks included in the EBB were suitable for all age groups, with more age-related changes being found in cool than hot EF tasks. Moreover, at the end of middle childhood, children reach an adult-like performance in most of these cool and hot tasks. The present findings extend previous research suggesting that cool and hot EFs exhibit different patterns of age-related growth in middle childhood. Additionally, the EEB could become a useful tool for research on EFs during middle childhood that could be adapted for a wide range of populations.
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Fernández-García, L.; Phillips-Silver, J.; Daza González, M.T.
A Novel Battery to Assess “Cool” and “Hot” Executive Functions: Sensitivity to Age Differences in Middle Childhood. Brain Sci. 2024, 14, 755.
https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14080755
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Fernández-García L, Phillips-Silver J, Daza González MT.
A Novel Battery to Assess “Cool” and “Hot” Executive Functions: Sensitivity to Age Differences in Middle Childhood. Brain Sciences. 2024; 14(8):755.
https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14080755
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Fernández-García, Laura, Jessica Phillips-Silver, and María Teresa Daza González.
2024. "A Novel Battery to Assess “Cool” and “Hot” Executive Functions: Sensitivity to Age Differences in Middle Childhood" Brain Sciences 14, no. 8: 755.
https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14080755
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