Exogenously Triggered Response Inhibition in Developmental Stuttering

Publication date: Available online 21 February 2018
Source:Journal of Fluency Disorders
Author(s): Kurt Eggers, Luc F. De Nil, Bea R.H. Van den Bergh
PurposeThe purpose of the present study was to examine relations between children’s exogenously triggered response inhibition and stuttering.MethodParticipants were 18 children who stutter (CWS; mean age = 9;01 years) and 18 children who not stutter (CWNS; mean age = 9;01 years). Participants were matched on age (± 3 months) and gender. Response inhibition was assessed by a stop signal task (Verbruggen, Logan, & Stevens, 2008).ResultsResults suggest that CWS, compared to CWNS, perform comparable to CWNS in a task where response control is externally triggered.ConclusionsOur findings seem to indicate that previous questionnaire-based findings (Eggers, De Nil, & Van den Bergh, 2010) of a decreased efficiency of response inhibition cannot be generalized to all types of response inhibition.



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