{"id":1910,"date":"2013-03-03T15:02:03","date_gmt":"2013-03-03T15:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srg.ugent.be\/publication\/inhibitory-control-in-childhood-stuttering\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T10:24:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:24:21","slug":"inhibitory-control-in-childhood-stuttering","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/srg.ugent.be\/nl\/publication\/inhibitory-control-in-childhood-stuttering\/","title":{"rendered":"Inhibitory control in childhood stuttering"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kurt Eggers, Luc F. De Nil and Bea R.H. Van den Bergh<\/h2>\n

\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=””]Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether previously reported parental questionnaire-based differences in inhibitory control (IC; Eggers, De Nil, & Van den Bergh, 2010) would be supported by direct measurement of IC using a computer task.<\/p>\n

Method: Participants were 30 children who stutter (CWS; mean age = 7;05 years) and 30 children who not stutter (CWNS; mean age = 7;05 years). Participants were matched on age and gender (\u00b13 months). IC was assessed by the Go\/NoGo task of the Amsterdam Neuropsychological Tasks (De Sonneville, 2009).<\/p>\n

Results: Results indicated that CWS, compared to CWNS, (a) exhibited more false alarms and premature responses, (b) showed lower reaction times for false alarms, and (c) were less able to adapt their response style after experiencing response errors.<\/p>\n

Conclusions: Our findings provide further support for the hypothesis that CWS and CWNS differ on IC. CWS, as a group, were lower in IC pointing toward a lowered ability to inhibit prepotent response tendencies. The findings were linked to previous IC-related studies and to emerging theoretical frameworks of stuttering development.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_btn title=”Download” css=”” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1016%2Fj.jfludis.2012.10.001|title:About%20us|target:_blank|”][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”prevnext”]