Development of directed global inhibition, competitive inhibition and behavioural inhibition during the transition between infancy and toddlerhood
Inhibitory control (IC) is a core executive function integral to self-regulation and cognitive control, yet is itself multi-componential. Directed global inhibition entails stopping an action on demand. Competitive inhibition is engaged when an alternative response must also be produced. Related, bu...
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| author | Hendry, A Greenhalgh, I Bailey, R Fiske, A Dvergsdal, H Holmboe, K |
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| description | Inhibitory control (IC) is a core executive function integral to self-regulation and cognitive control, yet is itself multi-componential. Directed global inhibition entails stopping an action on demand. Competitive inhibition is engaged when an alternative response must also be produced. Related, but not an executive function, is temperamentally-driven wariness of novelty, known as behavioural inhibition. Understanding early development of these components has been hampered by a shortage of suitable measures. We combine established and novel measures to capture directed global inhibition (Toy Prohibition, Touchscreen Prohibition), competitive inhibition (A-not-B, Early Childhood Inhibitory Touchscreen Task; ECITT) and behavioural inhibition (Touchscreen Approach) in 113 10- and 16-month-olds (73 seen longitudinally). ECITT performance shows good 1-week test-retest reliability at 10-months (r = 0.30–0.60) but little stability to 16-months. Directed global inhibition performance shows developmental progression but little stability of individual differences from 10 to 16 months. Performance on measures targeting similar IC components shows greater coherence at 16-months (r = 0.23–0.59) compared with 10-months (r = 0.09–0.35). Probing of ECITT condition effects indicates toddlers are more able, compared with infants, to override immediate prepotencies; indicative of increasingly flexible control over behaviour. However, exerting IC over cumulative prepotencies appears just as challenging for toddlers as infants. Exploratory analyses show little evidence for cross-sectional or longitudinal associations between behavioural, directed global and competitive inhibition. In combination, these findings indicate that IC is not yet a stable, unidimensional construct during the transition between infancy and toddlerhood, and highlight the need for careful selection of multiple measures for those interested in capturing early variation in IC. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:177151a1-629b-46ee-88d2-f450c53765652022-11-04T11:07:01ZDevelopment of directed global inhibition, competitive inhibition and behavioural inhibition during the transition between infancy and toddlerhoodJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:177151a1-629b-46ee-88d2-f450c5376565EnglishSymplectic ElementsWiley2021Hendry, AGreenhalgh, IBailey, RFiske, ADvergsdal, HHolmboe, KInhibitory control (IC) is a core executive function integral to self-regulation and cognitive control, yet is itself multi-componential. Directed global inhibition entails stopping an action on demand. Competitive inhibition is engaged when an alternative response must also be produced. Related, but not an executive function, is temperamentally-driven wariness of novelty, known as behavioural inhibition. Understanding early development of these components has been hampered by a shortage of suitable measures. We combine established and novel measures to capture directed global inhibition (Toy Prohibition, Touchscreen Prohibition), competitive inhibition (A-not-B, Early Childhood Inhibitory Touchscreen Task; ECITT) and behavioural inhibition (Touchscreen Approach) in 113 10- and 16-month-olds (73 seen longitudinally). ECITT performance shows good 1-week test-retest reliability at 10-months (r = 0.30–0.60) but little stability to 16-months. Directed global inhibition performance shows developmental progression but little stability of individual differences from 10 to 16 months. Performance on measures targeting similar IC components shows greater coherence at 16-months (r = 0.23–0.59) compared with 10-months (r = 0.09–0.35). Probing of ECITT condition effects indicates toddlers are more able, compared with infants, to override immediate prepotencies; indicative of increasingly flexible control over behaviour. However, exerting IC over cumulative prepotencies appears just as challenging for toddlers as infants. Exploratory analyses show little evidence for cross-sectional or longitudinal associations between behavioural, directed global and competitive inhibition. In combination, these findings indicate that IC is not yet a stable, unidimensional construct during the transition between infancy and toddlerhood, and highlight the need for careful selection of multiple measures for those interested in capturing early variation in IC. |
| spellingShingle | Hendry, A Greenhalgh, I Bailey, R Fiske, A Dvergsdal, H Holmboe, K Development of directed global inhibition, competitive inhibition and behavioural inhibition during the transition between infancy and toddlerhood |
| title | Development of directed global inhibition, competitive inhibition and behavioural inhibition during the transition between infancy and toddlerhood |
| title_full | Development of directed global inhibition, competitive inhibition and behavioural inhibition during the transition between infancy and toddlerhood |
| title_fullStr | Development of directed global inhibition, competitive inhibition and behavioural inhibition during the transition between infancy and toddlerhood |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of directed global inhibition, competitive inhibition and behavioural inhibition during the transition between infancy and toddlerhood |
| title_short | Development of directed global inhibition, competitive inhibition and behavioural inhibition during the transition between infancy and toddlerhood |
| title_sort | development of directed global inhibition competitive inhibition and behavioural inhibition during the transition between infancy and toddlerhood |
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