Development of directed global inhibition, competitive inhibition and behavioural inhibition during the transition between infancy and toddlerhood.

ABSTRACT: Inhibitory control (IC) is a core executive function integral to self-regulation and cognitive control, yet is itself multi-componential. Directed global inhibition entails stopping an action on demand. Competitive inhibition is engaged when an alternative response must also be produced. Related, but not an executive function, is temperamentally-driven wariness of novelty, known as behavioural inhibition. Understanding early development of these components has been hampered by a shortage of suitable measures. We combine established and novel measures to capture directed global inhibition (Toy Prohibition, Touchscreen Prohibition), competitive inhibition (A-not-B, Early Childhood Inhibitory Touchscreen Task; ECITT) and behavioural inhibition (Touchscreen Approach) in 113 10- and 16-month-ol

SUBMITTER: Hendry A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11475536 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature