The effects of rewards on executive function in preschoolers.

• Main Author: Lim, Huiqing.
• Other Authors: Qu Li
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/35236
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The key findings of this study showed that rewards can facilitate performance in an executive function (EF) task when reward is contingent on performance. Rewards enhanced children’s information updating skills when children were either told they would be rewarded with a prize of considerable salien...