Cognitive Conflict in Working Memory and its Relation to The Executive Cognitive Functions and Neural Processing Speed among Intermediate and High School Students in Al-Madinah

Abstract

The present research[1] aims at finding the extent and level of significance of the correlation between the cognitive conflict in the working memory and the executive cognitive functions according to PASS model and neural processing speed. The research sample consists of (120) intermediate and high school students selected randomly after checking their psychological and physical health and making sure that they are free from any diseases or learning disabilities that would affect research findings in general.

The Study findings show that there is a negative correlation between the cognitive conflict and the executive cognitive functions and neural processing speed.

[1] The research would like to sincerely thank his Excellency Mr. Abdul Rahman Ali Salem Al-Harbi (Masters in Educational Psychology), and Ms. Koloud A'ali Al-Harbi (Masters in Educational Psychology), and Ms. Manar Ahmad Al-Harbi (Masters in Tests and Measurements) for their significant contributions in applying research tools on a sample of male and female students of intermediate and secondery schoold in Medina, after students underwent enough training by the researcher to implement research tools, may Allah reward them for that.