Socioeconomic status affects the development of executive function in preschool children

• Main Author: Chan, Lydia Chiew Leng
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/59871
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Executive function (EF), a collective of cognitive processes which include working memory, flexibility, inhibitory control and planning, are needed for goal directed behaviours. The development of EF is essential in preschool years because EF is highly related to successes later in life. The current...