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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Publicado en:	Developmental Psychology Vol. 62; no. 4; pp. 765 - 779
Autores principales:	Toffoli, Lisa, Calderan, Margherita, Del Popolo Cristaldi, Fiorella, Duma, Gian Marco, Calcagnì, Antonio, Pastore, Massimiliano, Tarantino, Vincenza, Mento, Giovanni
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	American Psychological Association Apr2026
Materias:	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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