Further evidence that not all executive functions are equal.
The current study presents a comparison of 2 structural equation models describing the relationship between the executive functions of updating and inhibiting. Although it has been argued that working memory capacity is defined by one's ability to control the focus of attention, the findings of the current study support a view of the executive control of attention that reflects updating and inhibiting as not entirely dependent on the same resources.
Department of Educational Foundations and Special Services, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA.
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