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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Performance on a Working Memory Task As Predicted By Child Mindset

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Cognitive

  • Simran Kukreja
    University of California, Irvine
  • Jenny Youn
    University of California, Irvine
  • Lara Barakat
    Irvine Valley College
  • Lara Barakat
    University of California, Irvine
  • Shireen Khan
    University of California, Irvine
  • Masha Jones
    University of California, Irvine
  • Francesca Trane
    University of Colorado Boulder
  • Susanne Jaeggi
    University of California, Irvine

Abstract

The present study examines whether a growth or fixed mindset in children with ADHD affects their working memory performance and if this performance is correlated with parent mindset. Our results suggest that working memory performance is positively correlated with child growth mindset, but not with parent mindset.

Cognitive Processes