Effects of social and nonsocial reward on executive function in preschoolers.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Executive function, a set of higher order cognitive skills underlying goal-directed behaviors, develops rapidly during preschool years. Reward increases executive function engagement in adolescents and adults. However, there is still a scarcity of data on how reward affects executive function in young children. The present study examines whether different incentive types contribute differently to executive function performance and neural activity in children.

Methods

Twenty-five preschoolers of 5-6 years old were provided an incentive Go/No-go task, comparing social, nonsocial, and nonreward conditions. Activations in the prefrontal regions during the tasks were measured using functional near-infrared spectroscopy.

Results

The results revealed that social

SUBMITTER: Lertladaluck K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7507562 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature