执行功能和语言能力在解释学龄前儿童心智发展理论中的作用
Michael Luc Andre1, Célia Maintenant1
1Psychologie des Ages de la Vie et Adaptation (PAVeA, UR2114), University of Tours, Tours, France.
Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology
|April 29, 2025
概括
语言能力,特别是语法,显著地解释了幼儿大脑发育的理论. 执行职能显示了一些相关性,但语言是这项研究中的关键预测因素.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 语言学的语言学.
背景情况:
- 思想理论 (ToM) 的发展与学龄前儿童的执行功能和语言技能有关.
- 之前的研究经常研究了与执行职能或语言有关的ToM.
- 有限的研究已经研究了这些认知变量对TOM的综合影响.
研究的目的:
- 确定执行功能和语言能力在多大程度上有助于思维理论的发展.
- 探索3-6岁儿童的ToM,执行功能和语言之间的相互作用.
主要方法:
- 112名儿童 (3-6岁) 完成了ELO测试中的语言任务 (感知/表达词汇,语法理解).
- 思想理论被评估使用威尔曼和尺度.
- 通过抑制 (草/雪任务),认知灵活性 (DCCS) 和工作记忆 (WPPSI) 来测量执行功能.
主要成果:
- 在思维理论和大多数执行功能领域 (除了认知灵活性) 之间发现了显著的相关性.
- 思想理论还显示了与所有评估的语言变量有显著的相关性.
- 多重回归分析表明,语法和一般语言能力是思维理论表现的重要预测因素.
结论:
- 语言,特别是语法,在解释幼儿思想发展理论方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 虽然执行职能是相关的,但语言似乎是这个年龄段的ToM更主导的解释因素.
- 研究结果强调了早期儿童语言和认知发展之间的相互联系.
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