Effects of Core Executive Function Training on Student Interpreters' Consecutive Interpreting.

ABSTRACT: While updating, inhibition, and task switching (TS)-the acknowledged core executive function (EF) components-are implicated in interpreting processing, their distinct roles, particularly for inhibition and TS, are rarely explored within training contexts. This study examined the effects of training different EF components and the durability of such effects on student interpreters' consecutive interpreting performance. Sixty-four Chinese students were randomly assigned to either an EF training condition (updating, inhibition, or TS) or a control condition. Following five-week training (15 sessions), improvements in the trained EF component and English-to-Chinese interpreting were evaluated, with long-term gains measured after three months. Results showed that while each training condition i

SUBMITTER: Mao L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12649183 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature