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Executive Function and Mental Rotation During Middle Childhood: The Effect of Age
Zhong-Hua He1, Bing-Hua Li2, Wen-Gang Yin3
1a School of Public Health , Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine , Xi'an , China.
Abstract:
The authors examined the relative contributions of three aspects of executive function with two-dimensional (2D) mental rotation in children between 8 and 12 years old. Participants were given one standard 2D mental rotation measure, two working memory tasks (Corsi blocks and digit span), two inhibitory control tasks (Stroop and go/no go), and two planning ability tests (Tower of Hanoi and Tower of London). The correlational patterns between executive function and 2D mental rotation were different depending on age. More inhibitory control in younger children was associated with better performance in mental rotation, but not in older children. These results add to the understanding of the specific nature of children's executive function-mental rotation relations.
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