Gashaj, Venera; Uehlinger, Yoann; Roebers, Claudia M. (2016). Numerical magnitude skills in 6-years-old children: Exploring specific associations with components of executive function. Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 6(1), pp. 157-172. Canadian Center of Science and Education 10.5539/jedp.v6n1p157
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Little is known about how children learn to associate numbers with their corresponding magnitude and about individual characteristics contributing to performance differences on the numerical magnitude tasks within a relatively homogenous sample of 6-year-olds. The present study investigated the relationships between components of executive function and two different numerical magnitude skills in a sample of 162 kindergartners. The Symbolic Number Line was predicted by verbal updating and switching, whereas the Symbolic Magnitude Comparison was predicted by inhibition. Both symbolic tasks were predicted by visuo-spatial updating. Current findings suggest that visuo-spatial updating underlies young children’s retrieval and processing of numbers’ magnitude.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Developmental Psychology 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Cognitive Psychology, Perception and Methodology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Gashaj, Venera, Roebers, Claudia |
Subjects: |
100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology |
ISSN: |
1927-0526 |
Publisher: |
Canadian Center of Science and Education |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Venera Gashaj |
Date Deposited: |
02 May 2016 17:27 |
Last Modified: |
09 May 2023 19:07 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.5539/jedp.v6n1p157 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.80827 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/80827 |
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