Executive functioning in childhood: a view from cognitive neuropsychology
A few decades ago, Executive function or the voluntary control of attetion as well as behavior, decision making and thinking were considered abilities innate to second childhood. All these characteristics and human attributes were not the focus of study of old neuroscience before the Descartes’ erro...
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| author | Jiménez-Martínez, Martha Cecilia ; Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia Calle-Sandoval, Diego Alejandro ; Universidad Libre Pereira-Moreno, Lady Johanna ; Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia |
| author_facet | Jiménez-Martínez, Martha Cecilia ; Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia Calle-Sandoval, Diego Alejandro ; Universidad Libre Pereira-Moreno, Lady Johanna ; Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia |
| author_sort | Jiménez-Martínez, Martha Cecilia ; Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia |
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| description | A few decades ago, Executive function or the voluntary control of attetion as well as behavior, decision making and thinking were considered abilities innate to second childhood. All these characteristics and human attributes were not the focus of study of old neuroscience before the Descartes’ error and the discovery of dysexecutive syndromes and their relationship with the prefontal cortex. However,and thanks to multiple investigations into how the prefrontal cortex operates, it has beeen reveled that they emerge from the early childhood. There is a systematic progress in which it has been established both theoretical and empirical evidende about the association among structures such as the upper part of the prefrontral, the dorsolatera region,and the increase in white matter with executive functions of inhibitory control working memory and cognitive flexibility between 3 to 5 years of age.This allows us to understand that a large part of the cognitive fuctioning of boys and girls stems from this age period. It is precisely from these findings, that the present work seeks to illustrate empiricallyin the Colombian context of the ethological intervention in neonates in the first chapter. In the subsequent chapters it is explained how to understand the executive functioning taking into account variables proper of the region such as urban vs rural. These variables affect the construction of the subject. According to the probabilistic perspective,the individuals are build from the interaction between both the genetic and environmental components. Therefore, early childhood is the period in which most of the develovpment of the cognitive function occurs. The results of the investigation presented in this production, constitute a new milestone in the growth of neurophycology in early childhood in Colombia. In the same way,it leads the way to the strenghtening of the contemporary integrative episteme in which human behavior canno be studied using the previous philosophical divisions. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.librosaccesoabierto.uptc.edu.co:publicationFormat-1932021-09-10T19:45:04Z Executive functioning in childhood: a view from cognitive neuropsychology Funcionamiento Ejecutivo en la infancia: una mirada desde la neuropsicología cognitiva Jiménez-Martínez, Martha Cecilia ; Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia Calle-Sandoval, Diego Alejandro ; Universidad Libre Pereira-Moreno, Lady Johanna ; Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia Psicología infantil Psicología evolutiva Comunidades rurales Trato de los niños Educación primaria Funciones ejecutivas A few decades ago, Executive function or the voluntary control of attetion as well as behavior, decision making and thinking were considered abilities innate to second childhood. All these characteristics and human attributes were not the focus of study of old neuroscience before the Descartes’ error and the discovery of dysexecutive syndromes and their relationship with the prefontal cortex. However,and thanks to multiple investigations into how the prefrontal cortex operates, it has beeen reveled that they emerge from the early childhood. There is a systematic progress in which it has been established both theoretical and empirical evidende about the association among structures such as the upper part of the prefrontral, the dorsolatera region,and the increase in white matter with executive functions of inhibitory control working memory and cognitive flexibility between 3 to 5 years of age.This allows us to understand that a large part of the cognitive fuctioning of boys and girls stems from this age period. It is precisely from these findings, that the present work seeks to illustrate empiricallyin the Colombian context of the ethological intervention in neonates in the first chapter. In the subsequent chapters it is explained how to understand the executive functioning taking into account variables proper of the region such as urban vs rural. These variables affect the construction of the subject. According to the probabilistic perspective,the individuals are build from the interaction between both the genetic and environmental components. Therefore, early childhood is the period in which most of the develovpment of the cognitive function occurs. The results of the investigation presented in this production, constitute a new milestone in the growth of neurophycology in early childhood in Colombia. In the same way,it leads the way to the strenghtening of the contemporary integrative episteme in which human behavior canno be studied using the previous philosophical divisions. Hace varias décadas se consideraba que las Funciones Ejecutivas o en términos más clásicos el control voluntario de la atención, el comportamiento, la toma de decisiones y el pensamiento, eran habilidades propias de la segunda infancia. Todas estas características y atributos humanos que no se consideraban eje de estudio por la antigua neurociencia antes del error de Descartes y el descubrimiento de los síndromes disejecutivos y su relación con la corteza prefrontal. Sin embargo, y gracias a las múltiples investigaciones en torno a cómo opera la corteza prefrontal, se ha desvelado que emergen desde la primera infancia. Sistemáticamente se ha evidenciado teórica y empírica sobre la asociación entre estructuras como la parte superior del prefrontal, la región dorsolateral, y el aumento de la sustancia blanca con Funciones Ejecutivas de control inhibitorio, memoria de trabajo y flexibilidad cognitiva entre los 3 y 5 años de edad. Esto permite comprender que de esta etapa surgegran parte del funcionamiento cognitivo de los niños y niñas. Es justo desde estos hallazgos que la presente obra busca ilustrar de manera empírica en el contexto colombiano de la intervención etológica en neonatos en el primer capítulo, y en los subsecuentes capítulos comprender el Funcionamiento Ejecutivo a la luz de variables propias de la región como las condicionesradicalmente distintas entre lo urbano y lo rural, que afectan la construcción del sujeto, dado que según la perspectiva probabilística, los individuos se construyen a partir de las interacciones entre componentes genéticos y ambientales; siendo la primera infancia el periodo de mayor desarrollo de funciones cognitivas. Los resultados de las investigaciones expuestas en esta producción, constituyen nuevos hitos en el crecimiento de la neuropsicología de la primera infancia en Colombia, así como luces teóricas al fortalecimiento de la episteme contemporánea integradora en la que no se puede estudiar la conducta humana desde las divisiones filosóficas de antaño. 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| spellingShingle | Psicología infantil Psicología evolutiva Comunidades rurales Trato de los niños Educación primaria Funciones ejecutivas Jiménez-Martínez, Martha Cecilia ; Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia Calle-Sandoval, Diego Alejandro ; Universidad Libre Pereira-Moreno, Lady Johanna ; Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia Executive functioning in childhood: a view from cognitive neuropsychology |
| title | Executive functioning in childhood: a view from cognitive neuropsychology |
| title_alt | Funcionamiento Ejecutivo en la infancia: una mirada desde la neuropsicología cognitiva |
| title_full | Executive functioning in childhood: a view from cognitive neuropsychology |
| title_fullStr | Executive functioning in childhood: a view from cognitive neuropsychology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Executive functioning in childhood: a view from cognitive neuropsychology |
| title_short | Executive functioning in childhood: a view from cognitive neuropsychology |
| title_sort | executive functioning in childhood a view from cognitive neuropsychology |
| topic | Psicología infantil Psicología evolutiva Comunidades rurales Trato de los niños Educación primaria Funciones ejecutivas |
| topic_facet | Psicología infantil Psicología evolutiva Comunidades rurales Trato de los niños Educación primaria Funciones ejecutivas |
| url | https://librosaccesoabierto.uptc.edu.co/index.php/editorial-uptc/catalog/book/157 |
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