Selective Inhibitory Control in Middle Childhood

The main aim of this study was to investigate the development selective inhibitory control in middle childhood, a critical period for maturation inhibition-related processes. To end, 64 children aged 6–7 and 56 10–11 performed stimulus-selective stop-signal task, which allowed us estimate not only efficiency response inhibition (the reaction time or SSRT), but also strategy adopted by participants achieve task demands. We found that adoption non-selective (global) characterized stopping indiscriminately all stimuli decreased older children, so most them were able interrupt their ongoing responses selectively at end childhood. Moreover, compared younger more efficient ability cancel an initiated (indexed shorter regardless they used. Additionally, we improvements other forms impulsivity, such as premature responding (waiting impulsivity), attentional-related processes, intra-individual variability distractibility. present results suggest childhood represents milestone crucial aspects control, including stopping.