The early childhood inhibitory touchscreen task: A new measure of response inhibition in toddlerhood and across the lifespan

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dc.contributor.authorHolmboe, Karlaen
dc.contributor.authorLarkman, Charlotteen
dc.contributor.authorde Klerk, Carinaen
dc.contributor.authorSimpson, Andrewen
dc.contributor.authorBell, Martha Annen
dc.contributor.authorPatton, Leslieen
dc.contributor.authorChristodoulou, Charisen
dc.contributor.authorDvergsdal, Henriken
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-07T12:40:19Zen
dc.date.available2022-09-07T12:40:19Zen
dc.date.issued2021-12-02en
dc.description.abstractResearch into the earliest development of inhibitory control is limited by a lack of suitable tasks. In particular, commonly used inhibitory control tasks frequently have too high language and working memory demands for children under 3 years of age. Furthermore, researchers currently tend to shift to a new set of inhibitory control tasks between infancy, toddlerhood, and early childhood, raising doubts about whether the same function is being measured. Tasks that are structurally equivalent across age could potentially help resolve this issue. In the current report, a new response inhibition task, the Early Childhood Inhibitory Touchscreen Task (ECITT), was developed. This task can be minimally modified to suit different ages, whilst remaining structurally equivalent. In the new task, participants have to overcome a tendency to respond to a frequently rewarded location on a touchscreen and instead make an alternative response. The ECITT was validated in three independent studies (with additional data, N = 166, reported in Supporting Information). In Study 1 (N = 81), cross-sectional data indicated that inhibitory performance on the task improved significantly between 24 and 30 months of age. In Study 2 (N = 38), longitudinal data indicated steady improvement in inhibitory control between 18, 21 and 24 months, with significant stability in individual performance differences between each consecutive age in terms of accuracy (but not in terms of reaction time). Finally, in Study 3 (N = 64), inhibitory performance on a faster-paced version of the same task showed a similar developmental course across the lifespan (4-84 years) to other response inhibition tasks and was significantly correlated with Stop-signal performance. The ECITT extends the assessment of response inhibition earlier than previous tasks-into early toddlerhood. Because the task is simple and structurally equivalent across age, future longitudinal studies should benefit from using the ECITT to investigate the development of inhibitory control in a consistent manner across the toddler years and beyond.en
dc.description.notesThis research was funded by: 1. The UK Medical Research Council (MR/N008626/1, PI: KH), https://www.ukri.org/councils/mrc/.2.Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health (R03 HD091644, PI: MAB), https://www.nichd.nih.gov/.3.CdK was funded by a research project grant from the Leverhulme Trust (RPG-2015-115, PI: Victoria Southgate), https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk.The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.en
dc.description.sponsorshipUK Medical Research Council [MR/N008626/1]; Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health [R03 HD091644]; Leverhulme Trust [RPG-2015-115]en
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260695en
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203en
dc.identifier.issue12en
dc.identifier.othere0260695en
dc.identifier.pmid34855865en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/111726en
dc.identifier.volume16en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPLOSen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectstop signal tasken
dc.subjectexecutive functionen
dc.subjectdevelopmental-changesen
dc.subjectindividual-differencesen
dc.subjectcognitive controlen
dc.subjectself-regulationen
dc.subjectyoung-childrenen
dc.subjectperformanceen
dc.subjectgoen
dc.subjectabilityen
dc.titleThe early childhood inhibitory touchscreen task: A new measure of response inhibition in toddlerhood and across the lifespanen
dc.title.serialPlos Oneen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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