Preschool program improves cognitive control

Abstract

Cognitive control skills important for success in school and life are amenable to improvement in at-risk preschoolers without costly interventions.

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“Buddy reading”

Two preschoolers engaged in Tools activity. The ear linedrawing held by one guides her attention (2).

Tools children (blue) performed better on measures of EF than dBL children (red) did

(A) The dependent measure is percentage of correct responses. Dots-Incongruent, Flanker, and Reverse Flanker tasks are described in the text. (B) The dependent measure is percentage of children passing the pretest for this task. Statistics are reported in the SOM (2).