Working Memory and Inhibitory Control in Schoolchildren: Parental and Cognitive Perspectives

The assessment of executive functions in childhood employs various methods to understand cognitive
abilities in educational contexts. However, challenges persist due to the need for comparable evaluation
tools. This paper examines the relationship between parental perception of working memory and inhibition
and direct cognitive assessment applied to schoolchildren in XX during the 2022-2023 period. Researchers
used Spearman's rho correlation test with a sample of 212 children and their parents. Parents completed the
CHEXI questionnaire, while children took the CAB® PRO test from CogniFit ©. A weak but significant
correlation was found between working memory scores from the CHEXI and CAB® PRO (p = 0.001),
whereas the correlation for inhibition was not significant (p = 0.068). Parental perception partially reflects
actual performance in working memory but not inhibition, possibly due to parents' difficulty in accurately
assessing this function.