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  • Developmental Psychology

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  • Executive functioning (EF) and memory for bound details are known to be associated.
  • The influence of bound information type (unitized vs. non-unitized) on this relationship is not well understood.
  • How this association evolves during childhood development remains unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if the relationship between parent-reported EF and memory differs for unitized versus non-unitized representations.
  • To examine if this EF-memory association changes across different age groups in childhood (4, 6, and 8 years old).

Main Methods:

  • Utilized parent-reported executive functioning measures.
  • Assessed memory for unitized and non-unitized bound information.
  • Compared the EF-memory relationship across three age cohorts: 4, 6, and 8 years old.

Main Results:

  • A significant association between executive functioning and non-unitized associative memory was found exclusively in 8-year-old children.
  • No significant relationships between executive functioning and either memory type were observed in 4- or 6-year-old children.
  • These findings indicate a selective link between EF and non-unitized memory.

Conclusions:

  • The relationship between executive functioning and memory appears specific to non-unitized representations.
  • This EF-memory association emerges during later childhood, coinciding with developmental advancements in both cognitive domains.
  • Future research should explore the developmental trajectory of EF-memory interactions.