Week 5 Flashcards
(14 cards)
working memory consists of two categories
maintenance and manipulation
are Executive functions (EF) distinct or interrelated?
they are both.
true or false:
All EF components are present in infancy.
true. they develop rapidly from early to mid childhood and continues through adolescence to early adulthood.
which compontents of EF start declining at a certain point? and ad which age?
Working memory and Inhibitory control from mid thirties
what happens with Cognitive flexibility in mid thirties. Does it decline? stay the same or keeps growing?
it keeps growing
Name an example of measuring simple EF
green go, red no go. So reacting to which light you see.
The stroop test, tests which components of EF?
IC: surprese tendency to read the word and name the collor
WM: remember the rule. (name the fond color not the word)
can you explain why studies show that young children are better at the stroop task than adults?
there reading is not as good as adults so it doesn’t interfere
which component of EF does the marshmallow task test?
IC
what is the difference in type of inhibition between and time frame in the following tasks?
in the tower of london task it shows that compared to adults, adolescents are more…. How did the study show this?
impulsive and less flexible.
results show:
adults: spend longer time for first move, the more difficult the level the longer it took to make the first move
adolescents: spend the same amount of time.
name two advantages and disadvantages of measuring complex EF
What is BRIEF?
connect the frontal brain region to the right component of EF
1. DLPFC
2. OFC
3. MPFC
- WM
- IC
- CF
