Kouklari, Evangelia-Chrysanthi, Tsermentseli, Stella and Monks, Claire P. ORCID: 0000-0003-2638-181X (2017) Hot and cool executive function in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: Cross-sectional developmental trajectories. Child Neuropsychology, 24 (8). pp. 1088-1114. ISSN 0929-7049 (Print), 1744-4136 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2017.1391190)

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Abstract

The development of executive function (EF) in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has only been investigated using “cool”-cognitive- EF tasks. Little is known about the development of “hot”-affective- EF and whether it follows a similar developmental pathway. This study employed a cross-sectional developmental trajectories approach to examine the developmental changes in cool (working memory, inhibition, planning) and hot EF (delay discounting, affective decision making) of ASD participants (n=79) and controls (n=91) relative to age and IQ, shedding more light on the hot-cool EF organisation. The developmental trajectories of some aspects of cool EF (working memory, planning) differed significantly as a function of age in ASD participants relative to controls. For both hot EFs no significant age-related changes were found in either group. These findings extend our understanding regarding the maturation of EF from childhood through adolescence in ASD.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Funded by VC Scholarship from University of Greenwich
Uncontrolled Keywords:	ASD; Hot & cool Executive function; Trajectories; School age
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Applied Psychology Research Group Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Human Sciences (HUM)
Last Modified:	15 May 2019 11:08
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/17796

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