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Download full textVeraksa, Nikolay; Gavrilova, Margarita; Veraksa, Aleksander – Education Sciences, 2022
An indirect connection between executive functioning and imagination was revealed earlier in the study of pretend play. This study aimed to explore the relationship between imagination and executive functions in children. Two-hundred-six typically developing children aged 6-7 years were assessed with main executive functions (working memory,…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Imagination, Short Term Memory, Play
Direct linkDania, Aspasia; Kaltsonoudi, Kalliope; Ktistakis, Ioannis; Trampa, Konstantina; Boti, Niki; Pesce, Caterina – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2023
Background: Within team sports, players' ability to inhibit inappropriate behavioral responses and flexibly adapt to upcoming challenges relates significantly to their game performance. As such, there have been calls for cognitively fostering programs to form the basis of game teaching and coaching practice. However, only few studies have tested…
Descriptors: Games, Executive Function, Student Athletes, Program Effectiveness
Stolte, Marije; García, Trinidad; Van Luit, Johannes E. H.; Oranje, Bob; Kroesbergen, Evelyn H. – Journal of Intelligence, 2020
The goal of the current study was to investigate the role of executive functions in mathematical creativity. The sample included 278 primary school children (ages 8-13). Two models were compared: the starting model tested whether executive functions (shifting, updating, and inhibition), domain-general creativity, and mathematical ability directly…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Executive Function, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics
Büning, Christian; Jürgens, Lara; Lausberg, Hedda – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2021
Background: Studies have reported positive effects of physical activity on cognitive executive functions, such as inhibitory control and creativity. These studies predominantly compared scenarios of sports participation vs. no sports participation or reduced sports to simple aerobic exercises. However, whether the type or intensity of physical…
Descriptors: Athletics, Executive Function, Creativity, Physical Activities
Trnka, Radek; Cabelkova, Inna; Kuška, Martin; Nikolai, Tomas – Creativity Research Journal, 2019
Little is known about the relationship between emotional creativity and age-related cognitive decline. This study explored how deficits in some cognitive abilities are related to emotional creativity, i.e., cognitive abilities relating to originality and appropriateness in emotional experience. One hundred and eighty-seven older adults (mean…
Descriptors: Creativity, Older Adults, Correlation, Aging (Individuals)
Sharma, Shivani; Babu, Nandita – Creativity Research Journal, 2017
Studies reveal inconclusive evidence of the relationship between executive function and creativity. Further, there is a dearth of studies investigating creativity in older adults in the Indian context. Three tests--namely, Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (Figural), the Stroop Test, and Mental Balance (PGI memory scale)--were administered on a…
Descriptors: Creativity, Executive Function, Short Term Memory, Adults
Leikin, Roza; Leikin, Mark; Paz-Baruch, Nurit; Waisman, Ilana; Lev, Miri – High Ability Studies, 2017
In order to achieve the present study's goal--to understand better the phenomenon of mathematical giftedness--we performed a multidimensional examination of the mental processing in students who exhibited mathematical expertise (EM) at the secondary school level. The study included participants from the three groups: students who excelled in…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Mathematics Skills, Cognitive Processes, Secondary School Students
Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology
