Characteristics of Inhibition Control and Its Relation with Mathematics Ability in Children with Hearing Loss

Abstract

Abstract: In the present study, the Flanker paradigm and the Chinese elementary rating scale of pupils’ basic mathematical abilities were used to investigate the performance of inhibitory control and mathematical ability of 97 children-with-hearing loss (CHL) and 97 children-with-normal hearing (CNH), with the purpose of exploring the influence of inhibitory control of CHL on mathematics ability. The results showed that: 1) the inhibitory control of CHL was significantly lower than CNH; 2) the score of CHL was significantly lower than CNH in mathematical ability test; 3) the inhibitory control of CHL was significantly correlated with mathematics ability, and the inhibitory control ability could predict the logical thinking and the spatial vision ability of CHL.

Key words: children-with-hearing loss, mathematics ability, inhibition control

摘要： 采用Flanker实验范式与中国小学生数学基本能力测试量表，以97名听障儿童与97名健听儿童为被试，考察听障儿童抑制控制能力与其数学基本能力的关系。结果发现：（1）听障儿童抑制控制能力水平显著低于健听儿童；（2）听障儿童数学基本能力显著低于健听儿童；（3）听障儿童抑制控制能力与数学基本能力之间相关显著，且抑制控制能力能够预测听障儿童的逻辑思维与空间–视觉能力。

关键词: 听障儿童, 数学基本能力, 抑制控制

CLC Number:

B844

ZENG Tongao, BU Xiaoou, WANG Tingzhao, MA Hailin. Characteristics of Inhibition Control and Its Relation with Mathematics Ability in Children with Hearing Loss[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2020, 18(4): 517-523.

曾桐奥, 卜晓鸥, 王庭照, 马海林. 听障儿童抑制控制能力特点及其与数学基本能力的关系[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2020, 18(4): 517-523.

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