儿童词汇和发展成长在执行职能在幼儿时期的幼儿时期
Frédéric Thériault-Couture1, Célia Matte-Gagné1, Annie Bernier2
1School of Psychology, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada.
Developmental science
|March 16, 2025
概括
幼儿时期的执行功能 (EFs) 显著增长,包括抑制控制,认知灵活性和工作记忆. 语言技能与这些关键认知能力的发展有关.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 儿童发展 儿童发展
背景情况:
- 执行功能 (EF) 对儿童发育至关重要,在生命早期就会出现.
- 幼儿时期EF的发育轨迹及其与语言学习的联系尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 检查幼儿EFs的个体内发育轨迹.
- 调查EF和幼儿时期的语言技能之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 这是一项三波纵向研究,对145名幼儿进行了13,19和28个月的评估.
- 母亲报告了孩子的词汇量 (接受和表达).
- 儿童EF被测量使用行为任务评估抑制控制,认知灵活性和工作记忆.
主要成果:
- 幼儿时期的特点是抑制控制,认知灵活性和工作记忆的显著发展增长.
- 观察到幼儿的语言技能与他们发展的抑制控制和认知灵活性之间存在持续的关系.
结论:
- 幼儿时期是执行职能显著进步的关键时期.
- 语言发展在儿童早期获得抑制控制和认知灵活性方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
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