cog dev reading

Question 1

when are EF’s particularly critical?

Answer 1

solving novel problems

Question 2

where are EF’s strongly associated with in the brain?

Answer 2

prefrontal cortex this is one of the slowest developing brain areas

Question 3

when do the core components of EF develop?

Answer 3

during infancy and the preschool period

Question 4

what 3 factors do EF measures cluster into?

Answer 4

working memory, set shifting and inhibition

Question 5

what are active representations more strongly associated with?

Answer 5

attention and working memory

Question 6

what are latent representations more strongly associated with?

Answer 6

habits and LT memory storage

Question 7

when does endogenous attention begin to exert greater control?

Answer 7

after 9 months of age

Question 8

what does response inhibition involve?

Answer 8

withholding or restraint of a motor response