RT Journal Article
T1 Executive functions in adolescence: A longitudinal study comparing evaluations before and after the COVID-19 pandemic
A1 Rivera Urbina, Guadalupe Nathzidy
A1 Orozco Roldán, María Fernanda
A1 Molero Chamizo, Andrés
AB The change in the educational model derived from the COVID-19 pandemic might have an impact on cognitive development, particularly on Executive Functions (EFs). The aim of this study was to explore cognitive performance in adolescents at two time points (12 and 14 years of age), before and after the pandemic restrictions. We also analyzed possible sex differences in the results. We evaluated EFs using the Neuropsychological Battery of Executive Functions and Frontal Lobes (BANFE-2), which includes four cognitive indices corresponding to specific cognitive functions and associated prefrontal areas: Orbitofrontal Cortex (OC index -OCI-), Anterior Prefrontal Cortex (APCI), Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex (DCI), and Prefrontal cortex as an index of global EFs (EFI). The ANOVA conducted to compare the evaluations before and after the pandemic revealed no significant pre-post-pandemic differences in any sex and in any BANFE-2 index, except for the OCI, in which post-pandemic performance was impaired in boys (pre and post mean score = 96.61 vs. 66.53), but not in girls (pre and post mean score = 93.55 vs. 95.0). Our findings are thus compatible with the idea of a different vulnerability to change in the educational model between sexes, and they also reveal which specific EFs may have been affected during the pandemic.
PB Taylor & Francis
SN 1747-0927
YR 2025
FD 2025-01-31
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/24990
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/24990
LA eng
NO Rivera-Urbina, G. N., Orozco-Roldán, M. F., & Molero-Chamizo, A. (2025). Executive functions in adolescence: A longitudinal study comparing evaluations before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. In Social Neuroscience (pp. 1–9). Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2025.2457954
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 2 jun 2026