Nonverbal Executive Function Is Mediated by Language: A Study of Deaf and Hearing Children

Autor/inn/en	Botting, Nicola; Jones, Anna; Marshall, Chloe; Denmark, Tanya; Atkinson, Joanna; Morgan, Gary
Titel	Nonverbal Executive Function Is Mediated by Language: A Study of Deaf and Hearing Children
Quelle	In: Child Development, 88 (2017) 5, S.1689-1700 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.12659
Schlagwörter	Executive Function; Language Impairments; Language Tests; Task Analysis; Nonverbal Communication; Cognitive Processes; Language Proficiency; Young Children; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Language test; Sprachtest; Aufgabenanalyse; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Frühe Kindheit
Abstract	Studies have suggested that language and executive function (EF) are strongly associated. Indeed, the two are difficult to separate, and it is particularly difficult to determine whether one skill is more dependent on the other. Deafness provides a unique opportunity to disentangle these skills because in this case, language difficulties have a sensory not cognitive basis. In this study, deaf (n = 108) and hearing (n = 125) children (age 8 years) were assessed on language and a wide range of nonverbal EF tasks. Deaf children performed significantly less well on EF tasks, even controlling for nonverbal intelligence and speed of processing. Language mediated EF skill, but the reverse pattern was not evident. Findings suggest that language is key to EF performance rather than vice versa. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01