Casey

Question 1

Aim

Answer 1

To test whether delay of gratification in childhood predicts impulse self control abilities

Question 2

Original no of participants

How many returned in their 20’s

Answer 2

562

155

Question 3

How many took part in experiment 1

Answer 3

59

Question 4

How many took part in experiment 2

Answer 4

27

Question 5

Describe the go/no go task

Answer 5

male and female neutral faces. One sex go, one no go

Question 6

What were the hot and cold cues

Answer 6

Hot- happy faces

Cold- neutral/fearful faces

Question 7

What was experiment 2?

Answer 7

Scanned with fMRI while completing hot version of go/no go

Question 8

How long was each face viewed for?

Answer 8

500 milliseconds

Question 9

Results experiment 1

Answer 9

Low delayers more likely to respond mistakenly

Low delayers identified at 4 years of age showed greater difficulty suppressing their response to happy faces

Question 10

Results experiment 2

Answer 10

Low delayers had reduced activity in the right inferior frontal gyrus but higher levels in the reward related region