Relating Developments in Executive Function and Counterfactual Thinking
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Birmingham
Department Name: School of Psychology
Abstract
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Organisations
Publications
Beck S
(2009)
Relating developments in children's counterfactual thinking and executive functions
in Thinking & Reasoning
Beck SR
(2010)
The effect of causal chain length on counterfactual conditional reasoning.
in The British journal of developmental psychology
Beck, S.R.
(2009)
Relating developments in children's counterfactual thinking and executive functions.
in Thinking and Reasoning
| Description | Our main findings were that children's developing counterfactual thinking was underpinned by general cognitive development, specifically inhibitory control and language development. We also showed that several measures of counterfactual thinking produced comparable findings and we investigated and published a failure to replicate one measure. |
| Exploitation Route | Our findings will inform researchers on children's and adults' cognition. |
| Sectors | Education |
| Description | Our findings have informed further academic research on children's and adults' cognitive development. |