Language and executive function relationships in the real world: insights from deafness
Figueroa González, M., Botting, N. ORCID: 0000-0003-1082-9501 & Morgan, G. (2024). Language and executive function relationships in the real world: insights from deafness. Language and Cognition, pp. 1-23. doi: 10.1017/langcog.2024.10
Abstract
Executive functions (EFs) in both regulatory and meta-cognitive contexts are important for a wide variety of children’s daily activities, including play and learning. Despite the growing literature supporting the relationship between EF and language, few studies have focused on these links during everyday behaviours. Data were collected on 208 children from 6 to 12 years old of whom 89 were deaf children (55% female; M = 8;8; SD = 1;9) and 119 were typically hearing children (56% female, M = 8;9; SD = 1;5). Parents completed two inventories: to assess EFs and language proficiency. Parents of deaf children reported greater difficulties with EFs in daily activities than those of hearing children. Correlation analysis between EFs and language showed significant levels only in the deaf group, especially in relation to meta-cognitive EFs. The results are discussed in terms of the role of early parent–child interaction and the relevance of EFs for everyday conversational situations.
Publication Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited. |
Publisher Keywords: | deafness; every-day functions; executive functions; interaction; language |
Subjects: | P Language and Literature R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
Departments: | School of Health & Psychological Sciences School of Health & Psychological Sciences > Language & Communication Science |
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