Inhibition of a prepotent response and response-strategy adjustments in the stop-signal paradigm: A developmental study

[en] The inhibition of a prepotent response represents a hallmark of executive (or cognitive) control, allowing individuals to adapt to the ever-changing environment. This ability can be studied with the stop-signal paradigm, in which "go" processes (execution of the response) and "stop" processes (inhibition of the response) compete against each other. This competition leads to proactive and reactive response-strategy adjustments in order to balance between speed and caution. These adjustments have been studied intensively in adult samples; however, few studies had explored these adjustments from a developmental perspective. Therefore, 107 children aged from 6 to 12 years old were given a stop-signal task in which we distinguished proactive (delaying response) from reactive (post-error slowing) adjustments in order to study developmental trends in the inhibition of a prepotent response, as well as proactive and reactive response-strategy adjustments. Developmental improvement in inhibition of a prepotent response and proactive adjustment abilities were observed, whereas reactive response-strategy adjustment remained stable during the age span studied here. These results replicated and extended previous knowledge about the development of cognitive control.

Disciplines :

Neurosciences & behavior

Author, co-author :

Urben, Sébastien; Child Clinical Neuropsychology Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Geneva, Switzerland, Research Unit, University Service of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Rue du Bugnon 25A, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland

Barisnikov, Koviljka; Child Clinical Neuropsychology Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Van der Linden, Martial ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Département de Psychologie

Language :

English

Title :

Inhibition of a prepotent response and response-strategy adjustments in the stop-signal paradigm: A developmental study

Publication date :

2014

Journal title :

Année Psychologique

ISSN :

0003-5033

Publisher :

Presses Universitaires de France, France

Volume :

114

Issue :

Pages :

61-75

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Name of the research project :

32000B0-113632

Funders :

SNSF - Swiss National Science Foundation

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