The role of inhibitory control in the ability to solve problems of university students

Carlos Ramos Galarza; Pamela Acosta-Rodas; Dorys Ortiz-Granja; Nancy Lepe-Martínez; Milenko Del Valle; Valentina Ramos; Mónica Bolaños-Pasquel

doi:10.46997/REVECUATNEUROL29100047

The role of inhibitory control in the ability to solve problems of university students

Carlos Ramos Galarza^*, Pamela Acosta-Rodas, Dorys Ortiz-Granja, Nancy Lepe-Martínez, Milenko Del Valle, Valentina Ramos, Mónica Bolaños-Pasquel

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Abstract

The aim of the present study was to analyze the role of inhibitory control in the ability to solve problems of university students. The sample consisted of 90 young people with typical development (M_age= 20.58, SD= 1.27), 39 females (43.33%) and 51 males (56.7%). The Stroop and the Anillas' Test tasks were applied as instruments. As results, it was found a directly proportional and predictive relationship between inhibitory control and problem-solving of university students (correlation between: r= .34 and .47, p= <.01; prediction: r2= .14, F(1,88)= 13.88, p= <.01). It concludes by reflecting on the contribution of conscious control to solve problems faced by the university student on a day-to-day basis in an efficient way and invites future research in order to train inhibitory control.

Translated title of the contribution	El rol del control inhibitorio en la habilidad para resolver problemas de estudiantes universitarios
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	47-52
Number of pages	6
Journal	Revista Ecuatoriana de Neurologia
Volume	29
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.46997/REVECUATNEUROL29100047
State	Published - 2020

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© 2020 Fundacion para la difusion neurologica en Ecuador - FUNDINE. All rights reserved.

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Ethical Approval: This research was approved by the Comité de Ética para la Investigación con Seres Humanos CEISH of the Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica de Ecuador. Conflict of Interest: Authors declare no conflict of interest. Funding: This research was funded by the Pontificia Uni-versidad Católica del Ecuador, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica de Ecuador, Universidad Católica de Maule de Chile and Universidad de Antofagasta de Chile.

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Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica de Ecuador
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Keywords

Executive Functions
Inhibitory Control
Monitoring
Planning
Problem-solving

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