Caregiver executive functions (EFs) play an integral role in shaping cognitive development. Here, we investigated how caregiver EF abilities (86 caregivers; mean age = 33.4 years, SD = 4.5) was associated with visual working memory (VWM) in infants (86 infants females; mean age = 250.6 days, SD = 35.8). The BRIEF‐A was used to assess caregiver EFs, and a preferential looking task along with fNIRS was used to assess VWM function in infants. Our findings revealed that better caregiver behavioral regulation was associated with better VWM performance, greater right‐lateralized parietal activation, and left‐lateralized frontal suppression, while better caregiver metacognition and emotional control was associated with greater right‐lateralized temporal suppression in infants. Taken together, these associations suggest that better caregiver EF abilities might shape visuo‐spatial attention and memory, guide fixation on task‐relevant goals, and suppress distractions in children from as early as the first year of life.Highlights The study investigated the association between caregiver executive functions (EF) and visual working memory (VWM) function in infants. Caregiver EFs were assessed using the BRIEF‐A questionnaire, and infant VWM function was assessed using the preferential‐looking task and brain imaging. Better caregiver EF abilities were associated with better VWM behavior and fronto‐temporo‐parietal engagement in infants.

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护理人员执行功能与婴儿视觉工作记忆相关


照顾者执行功能 (EF) 在塑造认知发展方面发挥着不可或缺的作用。在这里，我们调查了护理人员 EF 能力（86 名护理人员；平均年龄 = 33.4 岁，SD = 4.5）与婴儿（86 名女性婴儿；平均年龄 = 250.6 天，SD = 35.8）的视觉工作记忆（VWM）之间的关系。 Brief-A 用于评估护理人员 EF，优先观察任务与 fNIRS 一起用于评估婴儿的 VWM 功能。我们的研究结果表明，更好的照顾者行为调节与更好的 VWM 表现、更大的右侧顶叶激活和左侧额叶抑制相关，而更好的照顾者元认知和情绪控制与婴儿更大的右侧颞叶抑制相关。总而言之，这些关联表明，更好的看护者 EF 能力可能会塑造视觉空间注意力和记忆力，指导对任务相关目标的关注，并从孩子一岁开始就抑制分心。婴儿的护理者执行功能（EF）和视觉工作记忆（VWM）功能。使用BRIEF-A问卷评估看护者的EF，并使用优先观察任务和脑成像评估婴儿VWM功能。更好的护理者 EF 能力与婴儿更好的 VWM 行为和额颞顶参与度相关。