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UTSUMI, Daniel Augusto; ZANINOTTO, Ana Luiza Costa; DE LUCIA, Mara Cristina Souza  e  SCAFF, Milberto. Correlation between processing speed and attention switching in healthy children aged six years. Psicol. hosp. (São Paulo) [online]. 2014, vol.12, n.1, pp.86-106. ISSN 2175-3547.

This study investigated the correlation between processing speed (PS) and attention switching in healthy children 06 years old, through the application of specific psychometric tests. We evaluated 28 children in the course of the 1st year of elementary school, both private and public schools as equally divided between genders. We used the test of Raven Colored Progressive Matrices; subtest of Processing Speed Index (PSI): Code A, Symbol Search A, Cancellation of WISC-IV; and the Children´s Color Trails Test - form 2 (CTT2). The results showed moderate negative correlation between PSI and CTT2, with no significant difference between genders. Considering the results, it was observed that the speed of execution into tasks that assess PS relates to moderate reduction of performance in attention switching tasks.

Palavras-chave : Processing speed; Attention switching; WISC-IV; Children’s Color Trails Test; Gender.

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