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Front. Psychol.
Sec. Developmental Psychology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1444564
This article is part of the Research Topic How Children Learn from Parents and Parenting Others in Formal and Informal Settings: International and Cultural Perspectives - Volume II View all 6 articles

Comparison of executive functions in Russian and Japanese preschoolers

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Aleksander Veraksa Aleksander Veraksa 1Mari Hasegawa Mari Hasegawa 2Daria Bukhalenkova Daria Bukhalenkova 1*Olga Almazova Olga Almazova 1Margarita Aslanova Margarita Aslanova 1Emi Matsumoto Emi Matsumoto 3
  • 1 Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
  • 2 Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
  • 3 Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan

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    This study analyzed differences in level of main executive function (EF) components (such as inhibition, working memory and cognitive flexibility) among Russian and Japanese preschoolers. The study involved 102 children of 5 to 6.9 years old: 51 child from Russia and 51 child from Japan. Out of 102 children 48 were boys and 54 girls. It was found that the cognitive flexibility level in Russian children is higher and inhibition level is lower than in Japanese children. The results of the boys' EF comparison showed that boys from Russia have lower cognitive and physical inhibition levels than boys from Japan. Also it was shown that cognitive flexibility in Russian girls is significantly higher and cognitive inhibition is lower than in Japanese girls. The results obtained are discussed from the point of view of possible cultural differences in the two countries studied, which are manifested in the expectations of adults from children.

    Keywords: preschool age, executive functions, inhibition, working memory, cognitive flexibility

    Received: 05 Jun 2024; Accepted: 16 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Veraksa, Hasegawa, Bukhalenkova, Almazova, Aslanova and Matsumoto. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Daria Bukhalenkova, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

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