The effect of schooling on basic cognition in selected nordic countries
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Jonsson, Bert
Waling, Maria
Olafsdottir, Anna S.
Lagström, Hanna
Wergedahl, Hege
Olsson, Cecilia
Fossgard, Eldbjørg
Holthe, Asle
Talvia, Sanna
Gunnarsdottir, Ingibjorg
Hörnell, Agneta
Abstract / Description
The present study investigated schooling effects on cognition. Cognitive data were collected as part of a research project (ProMeal) that investigated school meals and measured the intake of school lunch in relation to children’s health, cognitive function, and classroom learning in four Nordic countries, among children between 10–11 years of age. It was found that Finnish pupils attending 4th grade were not, on any measure, outperformed by Norwegian and Icelandic pupils attending 5th and Swedish pupils attending 4th grade on a task measuring working memory capacity, processing speed, inhibition, and in a subsample on response- and attention control. Moreover, boys were found to perform superior to girls on tasks measuring processing speed. However, girls were found to perform better on tasks related to attention and self-control. The results are discussed in relation to the reciprocal association between cognition and schooling and whether these results reflect quality differences between schools in the four Nordic countries; most notably in comparison to Finland.
Keyword(s)
schooling effects cognitive functioning working memory processing speed attention response control inhibitionPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2017-11-30
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
Volume
13
Issue
4
Page numbers
645–666
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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publishedVersion
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peerReviewed
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Jonsson, B., Waling, M., Olafsdottir, A. S., Lagström, H., Wergedahl, H., Olsson, C., Fossgard, E., Holthe, A., Talvia, S., Gunnarsdottir, I., & Hörnell, A. (2017). The effect of schooling on basic cognition in selected nordic countries. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 13(4), 645–666. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v13i4.1339
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Jonsson, Bert
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Waling, Maria
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Olafsdottir, Anna S.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Lagström, Hanna
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Wergedahl, Hege
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Olsson, Cecilia
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Fossgard, Eldbjørg
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Holthe, Asle
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Talvia, Sanna
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Gunnarsdottir, Ingibjorg
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Hörnell, Agneta
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Date of first publication2017-11-30
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Abstract / DescriptionThe present study investigated schooling effects on cognition. Cognitive data were collected as part of a research project (ProMeal) that investigated school meals and measured the intake of school lunch in relation to children’s health, cognitive function, and classroom learning in four Nordic countries, among children between 10–11 years of age. It was found that Finnish pupils attending 4th grade were not, on any measure, outperformed by Norwegian and Icelandic pupils attending 5th and Swedish pupils attending 4th grade on a task measuring working memory capacity, processing speed, inhibition, and in a subsample on response- and attention control. Moreover, boys were found to perform superior to girls on tasks measuring processing speed. However, girls were found to perform better on tasks related to attention and self-control. The results are discussed in relation to the reciprocal association between cognition and schooling and whether these results reflect quality differences between schools in the four Nordic countries; most notably in comparison to Finland.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationJonsson, B., Waling, M., Olafsdottir, A. S., Lagström, H., Wergedahl, H., Olsson, C., Fossgard, E., Holthe, A., Talvia, S., Gunnarsdottir, I., & Hörnell, A. (2017). The effect of schooling on basic cognition in selected nordic countries. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 13(4), 645–666. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v13i4.1339
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1072
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1264
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v13i4.1339
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Keyword(s)schooling effectsen_US
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Keyword(s)cognitive functioningen_US
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Keyword(s)working memoryen_US
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Keyword(s)processing speeden_US
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Keyword(s)attentionen_US
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Keyword(s)response controlen_US
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Keyword(s)inhibitionen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleThe effect of schooling on basic cognition in selected nordic countriesen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue4
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers645–666
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Volume13
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Visible tag(s)Version of Record