@article{oai:juen.repo.nii.ac.jp:00006972,
 author = {Moriguchi, Yusuke and Sakata, Yoko and Ishibashi, Mikako and Ishikawa, Yusuke},
 journal = {Frontiers in Psychology},
 month = {Jun},
 note = {Intervention of executive function during early childhood is an important research topic. This study examined the effect of a child-friendly intervention program, where children interacted with a doll or a puppet. Children were presented with cognitive shifting tasks before and after an intervention. In the intervention, children interacted with a doll or a puppet, and taught rules of the cognitive shifting tasks to the object. As the results, 3- to 5-year-old children significantly improved the performances and strengthened activations in the lateral prefrontal regions as measured by near-infrared spectroscopy. The results suggest that interaction with a doll or a puppet may have a significant impact on the development of executive function.},
 title = {Teaching others rule-use improves executive function and prefrontal activations in young children},
 volume = {6},
 year = {2015}
}