Brief report: cognitive-regulation across the adolescent years.
The human brain undergoes considerable maturational changes during adolescence which have been predicted to influence self-regulatory control. In the current study, developmental trajectories associated with three domains of cognitive regulation; response inhibition, updating of working memory, and mental set-switching, were assessed in a sample of 149 adolescents aged between 11 and 17 years. Findings support the premise that levels of self-regulatory control increase over the course of adolescence but that different aspects of cognitive regulation are likely to mature along differing developmental trajectories.
Magar
Emily C E
EC
School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom. emily.magar@abdn.ac.uk
Phillips
Louise H
LH
Hosie
Judith A
JA
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001921:Brain / Q000254:growth & development; D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012193:Reversal Learning / Q000502:physiology; D012718:Set, Psychology; D012927:Social Control, Informal