Changing the rules at the drop of a hat: An ERP study of preschoolers' set-shifting ability

Authors

Sandra A. Wiebe, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Daniel J. Carroll, University of SheffieldFollow
Megan Herrington, University of Nebraska Lincoln
Sari Raber, University of Nebraska Lincoln
Kimberly A. Espy, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

4-12-2008

Comments

Poster presentation at Cognitive Neuroscience Society meetings, April 12, 2008 in San Francisco.

Abstract

We examined the neural correlates of set-shifting in 5-year-old children and examined whether the ease of switching was affected by varying the number of non-switch trials preceding a switch.