Can I Afford One More Candy? How Motivational Contexts Shape Adaptive Cognitive Control in Children.

Recent findings suggest that preschoolers are capable of adapting cognitive control (CC) through bottom–up associative learning. However, it is not clear how motivational contextual triggers may influence this ability. This study investigated adaptive CC in a "hot" experimental context administering...

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Published in:	Developmental Psychology Vol. 62; no. 4; pp. 765 - 779
Main Authors:	Toffoli, Lisa, Calderan, Margherita, Del Popolo Cristaldi, Fiorella, Duma, Gian Marco, Calcagnì, Antonio, Pastore, Massimiliano, Tarantino, Vincenza, Mento, Giovanni
Format:	Article
Published:	American Psychological Association Apr2026
Subjects:	Italy Risk-taking behavior Task performance Executive function Psychological adaptation Learning Self-control Motivation (Psychology) Cognition Child behavior Research funding Questionnaires Descriptive statistics Candy Experimental design Conceptual structures Data analysis software
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