Ger, Ebru; Roebers, Claudia M (2023). The Relationship between Executive Functions, Working Memory, and Intelligence in Kindergarten Children. Journal of Intelligence, 11(4) MDPI 10.3390/jintelligence11040064
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Executive functions (EF), working memory (WM), and intelligence are closely associated, but distinct constructs. What underlies the associations between these constructs, especially in childhood, is not well understood. In this pre-registered study, along with the traditional aggregate accuracy and RT-based measures of EF, we investigated post-error slowing (PES) in EF as a manifestation of metacognitive processes (i.e., monitoring and cognitive control) in relation to WM and intelligence. Thereby, we aimed to elucidate whether these metacognitive processes may be one underlying component to explain the associations between these constructs. We tested kindergarten children (Mage = 6.4 years, SDage = 0.3) in an EF, WM (verbal and visuospatial), and fluid (non-verbal) intelligence task. We found significant associations of mainly the inhibition component of EF with fluid intelligence and verbal WM, and between verbal WM and intelligence. No significant associations emerged between the PES in EF and intelligence or WM. These results suggest that in the kindergarten age, inhibition rather than monitoring and cognitive control might be the underlying component that explains the associations between EF, WM, and intelligence.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Developmental Psychology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Ger, Ebru, Roebers, Claudia |
Subjects: |
100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology |
ISSN: |
2079-3200 |
Publisher: |
MDPI |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
28 Apr 2023 11:19 |
Last Modified: |
29 Apr 2023 03:19 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3390/jintelligence11040064 |
PubMed ID: |
37103249 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
RIAS backward color recall task cognitive control hearts and flowers position span task post-error slowing |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/182046 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/182046 |
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