Psychological Development and Education ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (4): 394-405.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2020.04.02

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The Role of the Processing Speed and Executive Function in the Development of Fluid Intelligence During Childhood and Adolescence

HAN Yan1,3, XU Fen2   

  1. 1. Department of Social Work, Chongqing Intellectual Property School, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing 400054;
    2. Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018;
    3. National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Published:2020-07-21

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Abstract: This study investigate the effects of processing speed and executive function on fluid intelligence in developmental perspective. The results showed that the effect of sensory and motor and perceptual processing speed on fluid intelligence was from direct to indirect via memory updating with increasing age, but there were differences among age groups. In the middle of childhood (7 to 9 years old), perceptual processing speed not only had direct effect on fluid intelligence, but also indirectly influence fluid intelligence via memory updating . In the late of childhood (10 to 12 years old), sensory-motor processing speed and perceptual processing speed only had indirect effect fluid intelligence via memory updating and inhibition/shifting factors. In adolescence (13 to 15years old), perceptual processing speed affected fluid intelligence indirectly through memory updating.

Key words: children and adolescent, processing speed, executive function, fluid intelligence

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  • B844
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