Conversation disruptions in early childhood predict executive functioning development: A longitudinal study
Amy E. Carolus,
Katie A. McLaughlin,
Lilliana J. Lengua
et al.
Abstract:Conversational turn‐taking is a complex communicative skill that requires both linguistic and executive functioning (EF) skills, including processing input while simultaneously forming and inhibiting responses until one's turn. Adult‐child turn‐taking predicts children's linguistic, cognitive, and socioemotional development. However, little is understood about how disruptions to temporal contingency in turn‐taking, such as interruptions and overlapping speech, relate to cognitive outcomes, and how these relati… Show more
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