Inhibitory control development from infancy to early childhood: A longitudinal fNIRS study.

ABSTRACT: The developmental period from infancy to early childhood is one of substantial change - in advancements in cognitive skills, such as early executive functions, but also in the maturation of the prefrontal and parietal cortices that parallel such advances. The current study aims to investigate the emergence and development of inhibitory control, a core executive function, from infancy to early childhood. We collected longitudinal functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) data from the same sample of participants at 10-months, 16-months, and 3½ years of age whilst they completed the Early Childhood Inhibitory Touchscreen Task. In our previous publications, we reported that 10-month-old infants recruited right lateralised regions of the prefrontal and parietal cortex when inhibition was r

SUBMITTER: Fiske A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11997363 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature