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Global Cognitive Functioning versus Controlled Functioning throughout the Stages of Development

Ana García-coniIsabel IntrozziLorena Canet-juricEliana Vanesa ZamoraMaría Fernanda López-ramónMaría Laura AndrésMaría Marta Richard'sYesica AydmuneEsperanza Navarro-pardoFlorencia Stelzer

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cognitionCognitive systemsPhysics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)General MathematicsPsicologia de la cognicióStimulus (physiology)ADOLESCENTAdolescents050105 experimental psychology03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineADULTCHILDComputer Science (miscellaneous)Adults0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesCognitive skillHUMAN DEVELOPMENT//purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1 [https]MENTAL PROCESSESchild//purl.org/becyt/ford/5 [https]Cognitive domainadultlcsh:Mathematics05 social sciencesErikson's stages of psychosocial developmentCognitive effortCognitionmental processeslcsh:QA1-939human developmentChemistry (miscellaneous)adolescentCOGNITIONPsychologyInfants030217 neurology & neurosurgeryCognitive psychology

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According to the All or None Hypothesis (Diamond, 2009), the cognitive system can operate in a global manner that is not very discriminate or in a more discriminate mode that demands greater precision, control, and cognitive effort. There are five corollaries to this hypothesis that describe, in an operative way, the conditions under which the controlled mode of functioning in the cognitive domain can be activated and thus tested. Given the impact this theory has generated and the absence of studies analyzing the corollaries in a collective and systematic way at different stages of development, this study was proposed, first of all, to test three of these corollaries in children, adolescents and adults and, secondly, to analyze the changes in the controlled mode of functioning during these three stages of development. To this end, the Fingers Task, a modified version of Arrows Task (with two rules: response ipsilateral where the stimulus is presented, symmetry

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2020-11-26
10.3390/sym12121952https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12121952