Executive Functions of the Top Soldiers with Excellent Military Skills
- VernacularTitle:某部比武技术尖子士兵执行功能的对照研究
- Author:
Lihui PENG
;
Ming LU
;
Lixin GUO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Executive functions;
Inhibitory control;
Set shifting;
Soldiers
- From:Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology
2000;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective: To study the executive functions of the top soldiers with excellent military skills.Methods: One group of top soldiers with excellent military skills and one group of common soldiers were tested by the Stroop task,the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test(WCST),and the Trail Making Test.Results: The top soldiers get significantly fewer errors in Stroop task,and spent significantly less time in Trail Making-A,Trail Making-B,and showed significantly fewer perservative responses(PR),and lower percent of perservative errors(PE%) than the common soldiers.Conclusion: The top soldiers with excellent military skills had higher level of executive functions,such as inhibitory control,and mental flexibility.
