TY - JOUR
T1 - Cognitive control in infancy
T2 - Attentional predictors using a tablet-based measure
AU - the BRIGHT project team
AU - Macrae, Emma
AU - Milosavljevic, Bosiljka
AU - Katus, Laura
AU - Mason, Luke
AU - Amadó, Marta Perapoch
AU - Rozhko, Maria
AU - de Haan, Michelle
AU - Elwell, Clare E.
AU - Moore, Sophie E.
AU - Lloyd-Fox, Sarah
AU - Crespo-Llado, Maria M.
AU - Taylor, Dominique
AU - Yelland, Sophie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Authors. Infancy published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International Congress of Infant Studies.
PY - 2024/7/1
Y1 - 2024/7/1
N2 - Cognitive control is a predictor of later-life outcomes and may underpin higher order executive processes. The present study examines the development of early cognitive control during the first 24-month. We evaluated a tablet-based assessment of cognitive control among infants aged 18- and 24-month. We also examined concurrent and longitudinal associations between attentional disengagement, general cognitive skills and cognitive control. Participants (N = 60, 30 female) completed the tablet-task at 18- and 24-month of age. Attentional disengagement and general cognitive development were assessed at 5-, 8-, 12-, 18- and 24-month using an eye-tracking measure and the Mullen Scales of Early Learning (MSEL), respectively. The cognitive control task demonstrated good internal consistency, sensitivity to age-related change in performance and stable individual differences. No associations were found between infant cognitive control and MSEL scores longitudinally or concurrently. The eye-tracking task revealed that slower attentional disengagement at 8-month, but faster disengagement at 18-month, predicted higher cognitive control scores at 24-month. This task may represent a useful tool for measuring emergent cognitive control. The multifaceted relationship between attention and infant cognitive control suggests that the rapid development of the attentional system in infancy results in distinct attentional skills, at different ages, being relevant for cognitive control development.
AB - Cognitive control is a predictor of later-life outcomes and may underpin higher order executive processes. The present study examines the development of early cognitive control during the first 24-month. We evaluated a tablet-based assessment of cognitive control among infants aged 18- and 24-month. We also examined concurrent and longitudinal associations between attentional disengagement, general cognitive skills and cognitive control. Participants (N = 60, 30 female) completed the tablet-task at 18- and 24-month of age. Attentional disengagement and general cognitive development were assessed at 5-, 8-, 12-, 18- and 24-month using an eye-tracking measure and the Mullen Scales of Early Learning (MSEL), respectively. The cognitive control task demonstrated good internal consistency, sensitivity to age-related change in performance and stable individual differences. No associations were found between infant cognitive control and MSEL scores longitudinally or concurrently. The eye-tracking task revealed that slower attentional disengagement at 8-month, but faster disengagement at 18-month, predicted higher cognitive control scores at 24-month. This task may represent a useful tool for measuring emergent cognitive control. The multifaceted relationship between attention and infant cognitive control suggests that the rapid development of the attentional system in infancy results in distinct attentional skills, at different ages, being relevant for cognitive control development.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85193589374&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/infa.12599
DO - 10.1111/infa.12599
M3 - Article
C2 - 38768285
AN - SCOPUS:85193589374
SN - 1525-0008
VL - 29
SP - 631
EP - 655
JO - INFANCY
JF - INFANCY
IS - 4
ER -