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Using the antisaccade task to investigate the relationship between the development of inhibition and the development of intelligence
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Using the antisaccade task to investigate the relationship between the development of inhibition and the development of intelligence

F. Michel and M. Anderson
Developmental Science, Vol.12(2), pp.272-288
2009
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Abstract

A number of authors have proposed models of cognitive development that explain improvements in intelligence over the course of childhood via changes in the efficiency of inhibitory processes (Anderson, 2001; Bjorklund & Harnishfeger, 1990; Dempster, 1991, 1992; Dempster & Corkill, 1999a; Harnishfeger, 1995; Harnishfeger & Bjorklund, 1993). A review of the literature reveals little empirical support for the thesis. This is largely due to a failure to distinguish between age-related and non-age-related changes in both inhibitory ability and intelligence. Empirical evidence is presented from a developmental study employing the antisaccade task to provide support for the role of inhibitory processes in the development of intelligence. Additionally, a case is made for a functional difference underlying antisaccade errors that are subsequently corrected and those that remain uncorrected.

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Domestic collaboration
Citation topics
1 Clinical & Life Sciences
1.7 Neuroscanning
1.7.1026 Intelligence
Web Of Science research areas
Psychology, Developmental
Psychology, Experimental
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Psychiatry/Psychology
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