The Reward and Cognitive Control Study investigates the impact of reward and motivation on children's cognitive control and its neural correlates. Children wear a special cap that records their EEG while they play a gamelike task that requires them to use cognitive control. This study involves children between the ages of 4 to 6 years, as this is a critical time for executive function development.  The RCC study is being run by Dr. Sandra Wiebe and her team. 

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The Working Memory and Emotion (WME) study is examining the relationship between emotional facial expressions and working memory performance for 6-year-old children. This study uses a game-like memory task to assess whether different emotional facial expressions, present as task distractors, impact working memory accuracy and response time. This is a virtual study, taking place over Zoom. This study is being run by Olivia Tiessen, supervised by Dr. Wiebe, and their research team. Research data will be used for completion of an undergraduate honors thesis, as well as a conference presentation and ultimately a publication.

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The Technology and Development in Early Childhood(TECH) Study is led by Dr. Valerie Carson in the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport,and Recreation, and Dr. Sandra Wiebe in the Department of Psychology, and is funded by CIHR. The TECH Study is looking at how screen time affects cognitive development in early childhood, as well as exploring the role of how parents and children interact while engaging in screen-based activities. This study is currently in its final stages of data collection. 

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The Cool and Hot Inhibitory Control (CHIC) Study is an online study looking at factors that influence children's inhibitory control, or their ability to suppress or modify responses. There is evidence that inhibitory control operates differently when we we are dealing with reward or emotion (hot inhibitory control) versus when we are not (cool inhibitory control). Children complete a series of short, game-like tasks that vary in their "temperature", during several Zoom sessions. This study involves children from 4 to 6 years old and their parents, anywhere in Western Canada.

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