When knowledge is not enough: The phenomenon of goal neglect in preschool children Export

@article{citeulike:2335173, abstract = {We argue that the concept of goal neglect can be fruitfully applied to understand children's potential problems in experimental tasks and real-world settings. We describe an assessment of goal neglect developed for administration to preschool children and report data on two measures derived from this task alongside the Dimensional Change Card Sort (DCCS) and an opposite color response inhibition task. The propensity to neglect initial task cues was uniquely linked to response inhibition, whereas neglect of a later cue was uniquely linked to the DCCS. Additional evidence suggests that recovery from neglect can occur and shows that goal neglect varies with the cognitive transparency of the signifying cue. Data demonstrate the importance of, and place constraints on, current theories of information regulation and foreground the notion of graded representations in working memory and executive functioning.}, author = {Towse, John N. and Lewis, Charlie and Knowles, Mark}, citeulike-article-id = {2335173}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2006.12.007}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17300798}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17300798}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WJ9-4N276HC-1/2/5b90c3c99bd223520a23b2158cce3e3a}, doi = {10.1016/j.jecp.2006.12.007}, journal = {Journal of Experimental Child Psychology}, keywords = {cue, development, goal\_neglect}, month = {April}, number = {4}, pages = {320--332}, posted-at = {2008-02-05 14:38:38}, priority = {2}, title = {When knowledge is not enough: The phenomenon of goal neglect in preschool children}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2006.12.007}, volume = {96}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2335173 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2335173 N2 - We argue that the concept of goal neglect can be fruitfully applied to understand children's potential problems in experimental tasks and real-world settings. We describe an assessment of goal neglect developed for administration to preschool children and report data on two measures derived from this task alongside the Dimensional Change Card Sort (DCCS) and an opposite color response inhibition task. The propensity to neglect initial task cues was uniquely linked to response inhibition, whereas neglect of a later cue was uniquely linked to the DCCS. Additional evidence suggests that recovery from neglect can occur and shows that goal neglect varies with the cognitive transparency of the signifying cue. Data demonstrate the importance of, and place constraints on, current theories of information regulation and foreground the notion of graded representations in working memory and executive functioning. IS - 4 JF - Journal of Experimental Child Psychology EP - 332 TI - When knowledge is not enough: The phenomenon of goal neglect in preschool children VL - 96 SP - 320 KW - cue KW - development KW - goal_neglect AU - Towse, John AU - Lewis, Charlie AU - Knowles, Mark PY - 2007/04// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2006.12.007 ER -