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Children's planning performance in the Zoo Map task (BADS-C): Is it driven by general cognitive ability, executive functioning, or prospection?

  • Ballhausen N a Department of Psychology , University of Geneva , Switzerland.
  • Mahy CE b Department of Psychology , Brock University , St. Catharines , Ontario , Canada.
  • Hering A a Department of Psychology , University of Geneva , Switzerland.
  • Voigt B c Department of Psychology , University of Heidelberg , Germany.
  • Schnitzspahn KM d School of Psychology , University of Aberdeen , UK.
  • Lagner P a Department of Psychology , University of Geneva , Switzerland.
  • Ihle A a Department of Psychology , University of Geneva , Switzerland.
  • Kliegel M a Department of Psychology , University of Geneva , Switzerland.
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  • 2016-04-07
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  • Applied neuropsychology. Child. - 2017
Children
planning
prospection
zoo map task
Child
Executive Function
Female
Humans
Intelligence
Intention
Male
Memory, Episodic
Predictive Value of Tests
Problem Solving
Regression Analysis
Spatial Navigation
English A minimal amount of research has examined the cognitive predictors of children's performance in naturalistic, errand-type planning tasks such as the Zoo Map task of the Behavioral Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome for Children (BADS-C). Thus, the current study examined prospection (i.e., the ability to remember to carry out a future intention), executive functioning, and intelligence markers as predictors of performance in this widely used naturalistic planning task in 56 children aged 7- to 12-years-old. Measures of planning, prospection, inhibition, crystallized intelligence, and fluid intelligence were collected in an individual differences study. Regression analyses showed that prospection (rather than traditional measures of intelligence or inhibition) predicted planning, suggesting that naturalistic planning tasks such as the Zoo Map task may rely on future-oriented cognitive processes rather than executive problem solving or general knowledge.
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