Chunk #8 — Changes in Frontal EEG Coherence across Infancy Predict Cognitive Abilities at Age 3: The Mediating Role of Attentional Control — The Role of Attentional Control in the Development of Higher-Level Cognition
Behavioral IC, defined as the capacity to inhibit a dominant behavioral response tendency in accordance with a goal or external demand, is another important skill that begins to emerge across the third year. Children who lack control over their behavioral impulses are less able to comply with the requests of parents and teachers, and have difficulty adjusting to school (Nathanson, Rimm-Kaufman, & Brock, 2009). When measured in preschool, this skill has been associated with social, emotional, and academic competence in adolescence (Shoda, Mischel, & Peake, 1990).
