A network analysis of executive functions before and after computerized cognitive training in children and adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Executive functions (EFs) play a key role in cognitive and socioemotional development. Factor analyses have revealed an age dependent structure of EFs spanning from a single common factor in early childhood to three factors in adults corresponding to inhibitory control (IC), switching and updating. IC performances change not only with age but also with cognitive training. Surprisingly, few studies have investigated training-related changes in EFs structure. We used the regularized partial correlation network model to analyze EFs structure in 137 typically developing children (9-10 years) and adolescents (15-17 years) before and after computerized cognitive training. Network models (NMs) -a graph theory-based approach allowing us to describe the structure of complex systems- can provide a p

SUBMITTER: Menu I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9424216 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature